Apartments.com - Technical Manager, Mobile Engineering (iOS/Android)

Apartments.com - Technical Manager, Mobile Engineering (iOS/Android)

Job Description

Apartments.com is the nation's #1 rental marketplace for property owners, managers, and renters, reaching millions of users every month. Our platform powers the industry's most comprehensive digital ecosystem-helping property professionals market their listings, manage reputation, and attract high-quality renters through innovative technology and data-driven insights.

We're seeking a Technical Manager, Mobile Engineering to lead and grow our talented Android and iOS development teams in Irvine, CA. This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who still enjoys coding, architecture, and problem-solving but also thrives on mentoring engineers, building high-performing teams, and delivering products that delight users at scale.

As a Technical Manager, you'll guide the design and development of our next-generation mobile applications built with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Swift, and SwiftUI-using the latest frameworks, tools, and best practices. You'll partner closely with product, design, and backend teams to define the mobile roadmap, ensure technical excellence, and deliver high-quality features that enhance the Apartments.com user experience.

You'll play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction of our mobile platforms, establishing best practices for performance, code quality, and CI/CD, while fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous learning.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with Product Management, Design, and other internal teams to define and scope mobile application features and functionality.
• Translate business requirements in to technical requirements, develop project plan and work schedules for use by development team.
• Successfully implement software development projects to specification and within scheduled timelines and budget parameters.
• Utilized the Agile Methodology to continuously deliver features each sprint to production.
• Work with internal and external clients to document project success criteria.
• Hire and develop a team of "A Players".
• Work with recruiting to identify, hire and onboard top industry talent.
• Coach, motivate, train and retain "A Players".
• Develop and maintain an in-depth working knowledge of the Multifamily and CRE Industry and CoStar's position in the market.
• Continually evaluate emerging mobile technologies to identify opportunities, trends and best practices that can be used to strengthen CoStar's technology platform and development practices.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree required from an accredited, not-for-profit, in-person college/university
• A track record of commitment to prior employers
• 6+ years of experience with mobile iOS and/or Android application development
• 4+ years in managing/leading a development team.
• Experience with mission critical, high volume, mobile apps and/or web-based systems
• Proficient in Android and/or iOS development tools, SDK, and related languages (Objective C/Swift/Java).

PREFERRED QUALIFCATIONS AND SKILLS

• Proficient in writing Unit Tests and/or Test Driven Development (TDD) preferred.
• Ideal candidate is familiar/proficient in additional development tools; TFS/Jira, C#, SQL Server, Crashlytics
• Strong computer system analysis and design skills in current methodologies and patterns including object oriented programming, MVC, SOA, DI, etc
• Motivating & Mentoring Employees
• Working With Other Technical Managers & Senior Management
• Working With Internal & External Clients
• Requirements Analysis & Management
• Overall System Architecture & Design
• Ability To Effectively Communicate Requirements & Design Specifications Within & Across Teams
• Project Planning/Management
• Agile/Scrum Methodology
• Mobile Software Development Experience
• Software Testing (Unit, System, Integration, Functional, Performance)
• Team Building Experience
• Adaptability/Flexibility
• Decisiveness
• Awareness Of Emerging Mobile Technologies
• Setting Objectives
• Conducting Employee Reviews

What's in it for You

When you join CoStar Group, you'll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
• Commuter and parking benefits
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes
• Access to CoStar Group's Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply.

This position offers a base salary range of $173,000-$258,000, based on relevant skills and experience and includes a generous benefits plan.

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