Lender - Technical Business Analyst (Web B2C/B2B Applications)

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Job Description

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Overview

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 world’s 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.  We’ve 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.   

The Analytics team is responsible for the development of CoStar's customer-facing Real Estate Analytics products. We think big by creating innovative data-intensive applications that take the vast amount of data collected by our CoStar Research teams to create a fast, reliable and intuitive analytics platform for our customers. We are a collaborative group with many roles and skills, and we are growing rapidly to help invent the future of Real Estate Analytics.

We are searching for an experienced Technical Business Analyst who can gather important company data and compile it into specifications that our teams can use to build world-class Analytic products. Should have the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and translate business data into digestible information that will be consumed by various development teams. Candidates should be able to analyze and solve issues that arise from customers and internal users regarding all aspects of CoStar Analytics.

This position is located in San Diego (UTC Area) and is in office Monday through Thursday and work from home on Friday

Responsibilities

Understanding the CoStar business, the goals of our products, and collaborating with Product Development and Design in the creation of those productsWriting acceptance criteria for user stories for the development team to do their workMaintain direct channels of communication with software developers, quality assurance, management, product design to accomplish team goalsRespond and assist with product issues that are raised by internal and external groupsIdentify and document business trends/usage utilizing real data that will support new features and applicationsHolding regular stakeholder/grooming meetings to keep all interested parties updated in project progressDocument user requirements and business rules to be used in application developmentUnderstanding End-To-End test cases at the application and multi-application levelsWorking directly with QA Staff to ensure comprehensive testing for all areas and provide input as to how to test new features

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited, not-for-profit university or college.A track record of commitment to prior employers.3+ years of related work experience with preferably B2C or B2B applicationsExperience with technical documentation or product use case writingInterpersonal skills and confidence in decision makingAnalytical and problem-solving abilitiesProject Management Tools (e.g., Team Foundation Server, JIRA)Experience creating user stories with comprehensive Acceptance CriteriaSome experience in user testing and project management

Preferred Qualifications And Skills

Basic SQL database knowledgeExperience with Agile Development processExperience with complex business rules and calculationsCommercial Real Estate knowledgeFinancial/Loan Data knowledge

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

Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription DrugLife, legal, and supplementary insuranceVirtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and familyCommuter and parking benefits401(K) retirement plan with matching contributionsEmployee stock purchase planPaid time offTuition reimbursementOn-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classesAccess to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource GroupsComplimentary 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.  However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

This position offers a base salary of $78,000 - $130,000, 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