Senior Staff Software Engineer – AI-Driven SaaS Platform

Appfolio; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

AppFolio in San Francisco is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build best-in-class app experiences. You will shape the Resident Concierge subsegment, scale distributed systems, and mentor others in a high-stakes, high-scale environment.

You will collaborate with Product, Design, and ML leaders to align AI capabilities with customer value, drive architectural decisions, and own full lifecycle from discovery to production.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience developing and scaling web-based applications, preferably in a SaaS environment.
• Experience leading architectural discussions and defining system design.
• Proactive adoption of AI tooling and expertise in prompting and validating AI outputs.
• Ability to balance new tool adoption with proven, maintainable tech.
• Commitment to long-term maintainability and refactoring.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical vision and strategy across the Resident Concierge subsegment.
• Lead design and implementation of complex, distributed systems to support 10x traffic growth.
• Coach engineers and foster a high-trust, autonomous culture.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and ML leaders to align AI capabilities with customer value.
• Own full lifecycle of solutions from discovery to production.
• Research and apply new technologies to improve quality and delivery speed.
• Use TDD, code reviews, and CI to deliver high-quality software.

Skills

Web applications

Distributed systems

Architectural leadership

AI tooling adoption

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Test-driven development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Master's or Ph.D. in CS (nice to have)

Tools

Golang

React

AWS

SOA (service-oriented architecture)

Job description

AppFolio in San Francisco is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build best-in-class app experiences. You will shape the Resident Concierge subsegment, scale distributed systems, and mentor others in a high-stakes, high-scale environment.

You will collaborate with Product, Design, and ML leaders to align AI capabilities with customer value, drive architectural decisions, and own full lifecycle from discovery to production.