Staff ML Engineer - Autonomous Leasing AI

Appfolio; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards package

Hybrid work model

Job summary

AppFolio is hiring a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to own the ML strategy for Realm‑X Leasing Performer. You will drive architecture for autonomous AI agents, ensure production-grade reliability, and partner across ML, product, and engineering to translate prototypes into customer-ready systems.

You’ll shape model quality, evaluation, and observability while balancing cost, safety, and scale in a SaaS environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience developing and scaling web-based applications in a SaaS environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the ML strategy for Leasing and define the ML roadmap across Leasing products.

Skills

Web-scale applications

Systems thinking

Production ML infra

Domain knowledge: leasing

Ambiguity navigation

Owner-operator mindset

Collaboration

Reliability mindset

Education

Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

RAG patterns

Job description

AppFolio is hiring a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to own the ML strategy for Realm‑X Leasing Performer. You will drive architecture for autonomous AI agents, ensure production-grade reliability, and partner across ML, product, and engineering to translate prototypes into customer-ready systems.

You’ll shape model quality, evaluation, and observability while balancing cost, safety, and scale in a SaaS environment.