Senior Full-Stack Engineer – SaaS, Scale & Impact

Appfolio; Goleta (CA); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

AppFolio is seeking a senior-level full-stack Software Engineer to join our Leasing Engineering Team and drive rapid product development for our SaaS platform. You will help define technical direction and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions used by thousands of customers.

You should have 5+ years of web development experience, be language-agnostic, and proficient with Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, and CI/CD practices. We value pragmatic engineering and strong collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing and scaling web-based applications, preferably in a SaaS environment.
• Experience leading technical projects end-to-end—from shaping requirements and architecture through implementation, launch, and ongoing optimization.
• Experience with modern Agile software development practices (Scrum, Kanban, CI/CD).
• Language-agnostic with deep experience 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 across the team.
• 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 continuous integration practices.
• Collaborate deeply with engineers, QA, product managers, designers, and researchers to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Champion agile practices that emphasize collaboration, prioritization, urgency, and accountability to deliver at a rapid pace.
• Proactively research, share, and apply new technologies and patterns that improve system quality and accelerate delivery.

Skills

Full-stack development

Leadership

Agile methodologies

SQL/DB queries

Language-agnostic

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related technical discipline

Tools

Ruby on Rails

React

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Job description

AppFolio is seeking a senior-level full-stack Software Engineer to join our Leasing Engineering Team and drive rapid product development for our SaaS platform. You will help define technical direction and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions used by thousands of customers.

You should have 5+ years of web development experience, be language-agnostic, and proficient with Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, and CI/CD practices. We value pragmatic engineering and strong collaboration.