Senior Full-Stack Engineer — Lead SaaS Architecture

Appfolio; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

AppFolio is hiring a senior-level full-stack Software Engineer to join our Leasing Engineering Team and drive rapid product development pace. We design high-quality, scalable SaaS solutions that empower thousands of real estate businesses with reliable, maintainable software.

The role focuses on building scalable web applications, mentoring teams, and shaping the technical direction while embracing agile practices and modern technologies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing and scaling web-based applications.
• Experience across the full development stack.
• Experience leading technical projects end-to-end—from architecture to launch and optimization.
• Experience with modern Agile software development practices (Scrum, Kanban, CI/CD).
• Proficiency in at least one modern language such as Ruby, Java, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable, resilient, and elegant web-based solutions to solve complex business problems at scale.
• Lead by example in design, coding, and architecture; mentor and coach other engineers to raise the technical bar.
• Formulate, implement, and optimize algorithms and database queries to ensure SaaS scalability, performance, and stability.
• Design and deliver new features and improve existing ones with a focus on robustness, maintainability, and performance.
• Drive engineering excellence through test-driven development, thoughtful code reviews, and CI practices.
• Collaborate with engineers, QA, product managers, designers, and researchers to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Champion agile practices that emphasize collaboration, prioritization, urgency, and accountability.
• Proactively research, share, and apply new technologies and patterns that improve system quality.

Skills

Web app development

Technical leadership

Agile methodologies

Automated testing

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science or related

Tools

Ruby on Rails

React

AWS

SOA

Job description

AppFolio is hiring a senior-level full-stack Software Engineer to join our Leasing Engineering Team and drive rapid product development pace. We design high-quality, scalable SaaS solutions that empower thousands of real estate businesses with reliable, maintainable software.

The role focuses on building scalable web applications, mentoring teams, and shaping the technical direction while embracing agile practices and modern technologies.