Head of Technology Engineering

Job Description

About CoStar Group

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information analytics and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100 CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the worlds real estate empowering all people to discover properties insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers. Weve continually refined transformed and perfected our approach to our business creating a language that has become standard in our industry for our customers and even our competitors. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation. This is how we deliver for our customers our employees and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.

About Domain

Domain is a leading property technology and services marketplace that is home to one of the largest portfolios of property brands in Australia including the Domain Allhomes and Commercial Real Estate (CRE) 2025 Domain became part of CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) a global leader in commercial real estate information analytics online marketplaces and 3D digital twin technology. Together Domain and CoStar Group is dedicated to digitising the worlds real estate empowering all people to discover properties insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

The Head of Technology Engineering exists to operate and extend Domains Platform strategy roadmap practices and processes. The role will lead the Engineering Platform area role modelling and reinforcing a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous improvement. They will define principles practices and standards developing standardised playbooks practice guides and artefacts that will support consistent ways of working and a high-performing product engineering team.

The Head of Technology Engineering will strategically partner with CoStar Groups global platform team and Domains divisional partners to understand define design and build technology solutions that are aligned to CoStar Group Technology and support Domains business objectives and capability roadmap. They will collaborate and communicate across technology and business domains to ensure the future direction and execution plans are aligned with CoStar Groups global technology strategy and with the application frameworks chosen tools and engineering practices.

The incumbent will have experience designing building and operating high-value client-facing SaaS products preferably in a Head of/Senior Manager of Technology/Engineering role where they have managed multiple engineering teams.

What youll be doing

• Lead the Engineering Platform area to operate and extend Domains platform strategy roadmap practices and processes.
  

• Role-model and reinforce a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous improvement across engineering teams.
  

• Define and maintain engineering principles practices and standards.
  

• Develop standardised playbooks practice guides and artefacts that enable consistent ways of working and support a high-performing product engineering function.
  

• Partner strategically with CoStar Groups global platform team and Domains divisional partners to design and build technology solutions aligned to CoStar Group Technology and Domains business objectives.
  

• Ensure alignment of future technology direction and execution plans with CoStar Groups global technology strategy application frameworks tooling choices and engineering practices.
  

• Collaborate and communicate effectively across technology and business domains to drive shared understanding and alignment.
  

What Success Looks Like

• Develop and implement Domains Marketplace Foundations - Product Platform roadmap practices and processes.

• Simplify Domains technology stack by migrating legacy technology onto the newly established platforms (Identity API Gateway Cloud Management Developer Experience) that significantly improve Domains underlying technological capabilities.

• Partner with CoStar Groups global technology team and divisional partners to understand define design and build technology solutions that are aligned to CoStar Groups global technology strategy and Domains business objectives and capability roadmap. Create/maintain principles practices and standards to get there.

• Manage Domains new Marketplace Foundation - Product Platform team including setting a vision setting performance expectations hiring training and mentoring etc.

• Drive adoption of Marketplace Foundations - Product Platform across the engineering team via personal credibility and experience while fostering a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Develop standardised frameworks playbooks practice guides and other artefacts that will allow the engineering team to work in a structured and standardised manner.

• Collaborate and communicate across technology and business domains to ensure execution plans are aligned with the application frameworks chosen tools and engineering practices.

• Create awareness and buy-in amongst various stakeholders about architecture design patterns framework and new ways of working. Needs to be able to act as a mentor/executor when required.

Basic Qualifications:

• A bachelors degree in programming computer science computer engineering or equivalent

• Minimum 10 years experience in services product development infrastructure and security expertise as an architect or similar hands-on technology leadership role

• Minimum 3 years experience as a Head of / Director of Technology/Engineering managing large and complex technology teams.

• Minimum 3 experience managing modern software development tools application and system performance monitoring patterns and practices required to build highly available and scalable services.

• Minimum 3 experience managing cloud native infrastructure integration virtualisation storage networks and security technologies.

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Experience with large-scale technology modernisations and platform migrations

• Experience with technology transformations integrating effective agile planning and development practices across large organisations.

Why join us

Were the kind of place you can make a real impact with a workplace culture where you can be you. Its a fun safe space where youll always feel you belong. Perks of the role include:

• Hybrid working;

• First-rate parental leave;

• Continuous opportunities to leap learn and grow in a team that values creativity and innovation;

We dont just talk we do. Every day we solve property problems for Australians and beyond. We encourage our people to see the possibilities and turn them into realities.

Whats next

Well give your application the thoughtful attention it deserves and get back to you as soon as possible. If theres a match one of our recruitment consultants will reach out so keep your phone handy! Were genuinely excited about the chance to work together and make a meaningful impact.

Equity Diversity and Inclusion at Domain

Domain is enthusiastically and unapologetically committed to fostering an equitable inclusive work culture which reflects our customers and communities. We are proactively looking for candidates from all lived experiences including people with disability and people of all ages ethnicities cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples) faiths sexual orientations and gender identities (including trans and non-binary people).

We are committed to providing an equitable recruitment process for people with disability. If you require adjustments during the process were here to support. If you wish to receive this job advertisement in an accessible format or have a confidential chat about workplace adjustments please contact our Equity Diversity and Inclusion team at or leave a message onand we will get back to you.

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing