Sr. Software Engineer - Property & Programs

AppFolio, Inc; Santa Barbara (CA); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

AppFolio, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to join the Mixed Portfolio Foundation team in a fast-growing, SaaS environment.

You will own the foundational architecture across housing segments and collaborate across Community Association, Commercial, NYC, and other platforms to deliver scalable web solutions. You will mentor engineers, implement new features, and ensure high performance through TDD, CI, and code reviews while embracing agile practices and modern tech like Rails, React, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing web-based applications.
• Extensive experience designing complex data models that fit into business and compliance requirements.
• Extensive experience developing web applications in agile SaaS environments.
• Proven experience driving architectural improvements for scalability, flexibility, or performance.
• Experience across all levels of the development stack.

Responsibilities

• Build deep understanding of mixed portfolio segments (affordable and student housing) to own foundations.
• Maintain ongoing business segments (Community Association, Commercial, NYC).
• Develop scalable, robust web-based solutions leveraging existing tech or rebuilding when needed.
• Mentor and guide other software engineers.
• Implement new features and optimize performance.
• Collaborate with QA, product owners, and designers in a high-performing team.
• Work in an agile fashion to deliver thin increments and limit WIP.
• Research and recommend new technologies and trends.
• Uphold engineering excellence with code reviews and best practices.

Skills

Web app development

SaaS experience

Architecture improvements

Agile (Scrum/Kanban)

TDD

Leadership mentoring

Tools

Ruby on Rails

React

MySQL

AWS

SOA

Job description

Sr. Software Engineer - Property & Programs

Software EngineeringSanta Barbara,CaliforniaDallas,TexasSan Diego,CaliforniaRemote - San Francisco,CARemote - Denver,CORemote - Atlanta,GARemote - Chicago,ILRemote - Washington DC,United States

AppFolio is more than a company. We’re a community of dreamers, big thinkers, problem solvers, active listeners, and multipliers. At every opportunity, we set the pace while delivering innovation built to carry real estate into the future. One in which every experience feels effortless, yet meaningful. Where customers are empowered to take on any opportunity. We show up as one team, connected by our values to be a force for good. Because together, we have the power to create extraordinary outcomes for our customers, our communities, and ourselves.

Who we are looking for:

We are hiring a Full Stack Senior Software Engineer to join our newly formed Mixed Portfolio Foundation team. The team's mission is to own the foundational architecture and data models that are common to multiple property types, crafting a strong foundation for our Affordable Housing and Student housing teams to build upon. In addition to driving new capabilities, the team will play a key role in strengthening and evolving existing solutions for our Community Association, Commercial, and NYC business segments.

This will be an engineering-driven team where engineers will have the agency to identify and advocate for the changes needed to support other teams. Engineers will play a key role in setting the technical direction and driving best practices to ensure scalability and flexibility. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who has a passion for building leading-edge software and solving problems with long term solutions in order to build a scalable successful SaaS product used by thousands of happy businesses. We foster an environment that empowers small teams to set the technical direction of our solutions collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Build a deep understanding of our existing mixed portfolio segments, including affordable housing and student housing, enabling you and your team to truly own the foundations of these segments.
• Maintain our ongoing business segments, including Community Association, Commercial, NYC and etc.
• Develop scalable, robust, and simple web-based solutions to solve complex business problems - this will involve some combination of leveraging our existing technology, refactoring, integrating with partners, or starting from scratch when it makes sense.
• Help mentor and guide other software engineers.
• Implement new features and optimize existing ones to drive maximum performance.
• Work closely with and incorporate feedback from other engineering team members, QA, product owners, and designers. Enthusiastically participate in a high-performing, empowered team with high levels of mutual trust and respect. Along with the team, you will take ownership of your problem space, reflecting on and growing from our failures and celebrating our successes.
• Work in a truly agile fashion to turn a massive, unruly problem into thinly sliced deliverables and execute quickly against them while limiting work in progress.
• Research, share, and recommend new technologies and trends.
• Hold a high bar of engineering excellence and always look for ways to raise it. Adopt our engineering best practices, provide and receive in-depth code reviews, and participate in healthy debate as a team. Evangelize your own expertise and experience among your teammates and the rest of the organization.
• Prioritize quality. Thoughtful test coverage is a given and any escalations from external stakeholders like our onboarding or customer care teams are handled and resolved swiftly. Use test-driven development, code reviews, and continuous integration to deliver high-quality software and rapidly fix bugs as they come up.

You know you are the right fit if…

• 5+ years of experience developing web-based applications, preferably in a SaaS environment.
• Extensive experience designing complex data models that fit into business and compliance requirements.
• Extensive experience developing web applications, preferably in an agile SaaS environment.
• You’ve successfully driven architectural improvements to enhance scalability, flexibility, or performance — and know how to advocate for technical changes that benefit the broader platform.
• Proven experience working across all levels of the development stack.
• Strong familiarity with the technologies we use, like Ruby on Rails, React, MySQL, AWS, SOA
• Strong familiarity with Agile software development processes: Scrum or Kanban
• Strong familiarity with Test-Driven-Development
• Creativity and proactivity - an ability to solve complex problems without a roadmap
• You love to learn about and use new tech, but understand the value of continuing to leverage existing technology when it gets the job done.
• You care about the long-term maintainability of the codebase and advocate for refactoring and code cleanliness.
• You can identify and resolve code-smells through sensible refactoring.
• You bring your A-game to daily standup competitions — because nothing tastes better than victory (especially when it comes with a free team lunch).

Additional Skills and Knowledge

• Comfortable working with remote team members
• Ability to think pragmatically and effectively balance business outcomes with technical goals
• Ability to establish strong working relationships with peers across other platform development team.

Nice to Have

• Experience working across all levels of the development stack
• Experience with some areas of our tech like Ruby on Rails, React, MySQL, AWS, SOA
• Familiarity with Agile software development processes: Scrum or Kanban
• Familiarity with Test-Driven-Development

Location

The base salary that we reasonably expect to pay for this role is $138,400 - $173,000

The actual base salary for this role will be determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s skills, education, experience, etc.

Please note that base pay is one important aspect of a compelling Total Rewards package. The base pay range indicated here does not include any additional benefits or bonuses/commissions that you may be eligible for based on your role and/or employment type.

About AppFolio

AppFolio is the technology leader powering the future of the real estate industry. Our innovative platform and trusted partnership enable our customers to connect communities, increase operational efficiency, and grow their business. For more information about AppFolio, visit appfolio.com.

Why AppFolio

Grow | We enable a culture of high performance, where delivering results is recognized by opportunities for growth and compelling total rewards. Our challenging and meaningful work drive the growth of our business, and ourselves.

Learn | We partner with you to realize your potential by investing in you from the start. We're cultivating a team of big thinkers through coaching and mentorship with our best-in-class leaders, and giving you the time and tools to develop your skills.

Impact | We are creating a world where living in, investing in, managing, and supporting communities feels magical and effortless, freeing people to thrive. We do this by innovating with purpose while cultivating a culture of impact. We learn as much from each other as we do our customers and our communities.

Connect | We excel at hybrid work by fostering an environment that feels flexible, personal and connected, no matter where we are. We create space to fuel innovation and collaboration, and we come together to celebrate, connect, and succeed.

Paddle as One.

Statement of Equal Opportunity

At AppFolio, we value diversity in backgrounds and perspectives and depend on it to drive our innovative culture. That’s why we’re a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, and we believe that our products, our teams, and our business are stronger because of it. This means that no matter what race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, age, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or veteran status, you’re always welcome at AppFolio.