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