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You have a track record of leading high-stakes projects from initial ambiguity to successful launch–aligning stakeholders, making tough technical trade-offs, and ensuring long-term system health. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will help us design and build best-in-class app experiences, transforming sophisticated business needs into robust, production-grade SaaS infrastructure and pages.

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<div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Hi, We’re AppFolio.</div><p><b style="font-weight:normal"> </b></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We’re innovators, changemakers, and collaborators. We’re more than just a software company; we’re a cloud-based powerhouse that creates products to make our customers’ lives easier. We are an AI-first engineering organization, revolutionizing how people do business. We want your ideas, enthusiasm, and passion to help us keep innovating at the speed of the modern market.</div><p><b style="font-weight:normal"> </b></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Who we are looking for:</div><p><b style="font-weight:normal"> </b></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">We are looking for a pioneering technical leader to join a young, high-growth, cross-functional product development team, and to help drive the engineering growth and evolution of our Investor segment. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will help us design and build best-in-class app experiences, transforming sophisticated business needs into robust, production-grade SaaS infrastructure and pages. The ideal candidate will thrive in a highly collaborative environment, applying the latest in generative AI-assisted techniques to build an innovative product for our customers, has a passion for building leading-edge software and is driven to help build a successful SaaS product used by our large and growing audience of property managers and owners, and who wants to hold themselves to the highest standard of technical excellence while mentoring others in a high-stakes, high-scale environment.</div><p><b style="font-weight:normal"> </b></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Key Responsibilities:</div><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Drive the technical vision and strategy across the Owner subsegment, influencing the product roadmap and making key architectural decisions that align with business goals.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Lead the design and implementation of complex, distributed systems that power our next-generation products, preparing our systems for a 10x increase in traffic and engagement.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Act as a force multiplier by coaching engineers and fostering a high-trust, autonomous culture where continuous learning and ownership are the norms.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Collaborate as a peer with Product, Design, and Machine Learning leaders to bridge the gap between "what’s possible" in AI and "what’s valuable" for our customers.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Operate in a highly autonomous team that owns the full lifecycle of solutions you build, from discovery to development to production</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">Proactively research, share, and apply new technologies and patterns that improve system quality and accelerate delivery.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:24pt">Use test-driven development, code reviews, and continuous integration to deliver high-quality software and rapidly fix bugs as they come up.</div></li></ul><p><b style="font-weight:normal"><br/><br/></b></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">You know you’re the right fit if…</div><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">You have 8+ years of experience developing and scaling web-based applications, preferably in a SaaS environment.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">You have a track record of leading high-stakes projects from initial ambiguity to successful launch–aligning stakeholders, making tough technical trade-offs, and ensuring long-term system health.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">You have experience leading architectural discussions, defining system design, and guiding technical decision-making. </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">You have proactively adopted AI tooling into your daily workflow. You don't just use these tools; you understand how to prompt, iterate, and validate AI-generated output to maintain the highest standards of excellence.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">You take a pragmatic approach to technology, adopting new tools where they add value, while mastering proven technologies.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">You care about long-term maintainability, advocate for clean architecture, and drive continuous refactoring and improvement. </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">You balance intensity and sustainability—you’ll go the extra mile when needed but also model healthy work-life balance.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">You have an ability to solve complex problems without a roadmap</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">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.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">You care about the long-term maintainability of the codebase and advocate for refactoring and code cleanliness.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">You can identify and resolve code-smells through sensible refactoring.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">You care about the long-term maintainability of the codebase and will learn to advocate for refactoring and clean-ups where appropriate.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">You care about work-life balance and want your company to care about it, too; you'll put in the extra hour when needed but won't let it become a habit.</div></li></ul><p><b style="font-weight:normal"> </b></p><div dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> Nice To Have</div><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt">Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt">Experience with technologies in our stack such as Ruby on Rails, Golang, React, AWS, or service-oriented architectures.</div></li></ul><div dir="ltr" style="background-repeat:no-repeat;outline:none;color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px">Compensation & Benefits      </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-repeat:no-repeat;outline:none;color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px">The base salary that we reasonably expect to pay for this role is $167,200 - $209,000.      </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-repeat:no-repeat;outline:none;color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px">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.       </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-repeat:no-repeat;outline:none;color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px">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 that you may be eligible for based on your role and/or employment type.</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-repeat:no-repeat;outline:none;color:rgb( 51 , 51 , 51 );font-family:'open sans' , 'helvetica';font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px">Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits - <a href="https://www.appfolioinc.com/careers/life-at-appfolio" rel="nofollow" style="background:no-repeat transparent;outline:none;color:rgb( 24 , 114 , 204 );text-decoration:none;font-weight:600">see here</a></div><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><b>#LI-SS2</b></div>

AppFolio, Inc

Staff Software Engineer - Investor/Owner

Architectural Services

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Cloud Computing

Coaching

Code Reviews

Computer Science

Continuous Integration

Cross-Functional

Distributed Computing

High Tech Industry

Internet Application

Leadership

Long-Term Care

Machine Learning

Machine Tool

Mentoring

Product Design

Product Development

Product Planning

Property Management

Quality Management

Refactoring

Software Engineering

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Team Player

Technical Leadership

Technical Strategy

Technical/Engineering Design

Test Driven Development (TDD)

Web Programming

We have introduced features such as smart bill upload - SBE, a fully featured AI leasing agent - LISA, a LLM backed chat interface to support property managers using our product - Realm X, and recently an LLM backed workflow system - Realm Flows. As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you would onboard quickly to our technology stack and our feature set, align your team on a shared understanding of the problem and solution space, and work closely with your fellow devs and cross-functional partners team to execute on these initiatives.

<div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">About AppFolio</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">AppFolio's main product is the AppFolio Property Manager: web-based software for managers of apartment buildings to schedule maintenance, track their finances, and communicate with their tenants. We also make a companion app for tenants to pay their rent, buy renter's insurance, and request maintenance. We love our work because it helps millions of people with these everyday tasks. Our product vision sums it up nicely:</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">AppFolio creates a world where choosing, living in, owning, and managing communities feels magical and effortless, freeing people to thrive.</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Since 2019, we have been energetically supercharging our products with AI. We have introduced features such as smart bill upload - SBE, a fully featured AI leasing agent - LISA, a LLM backed chat interface to support property managers using our product - Realm X, and recently an LLM backed workflow system - Realm Flows. These and other features enable us to provide experiences that allow our property managers to automate the mundane and focus more on the tasks that only they are capable of. </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt"></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt">About the culture</div><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Engineers work in small, focused, cross-functional teams comprised of a product manager, user-experience designer, quality-assurance engineer, and 3-6 software engineers. </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">We work closely with customers. For example, engineers are encouraged to participate in customer calls!</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">We've adopted some agile practices (pair programming, automated software tests, Jira / Trello / kanban boards, retrospective meetings, stand-up meetings), but we aren't dogmatic about agile/scrum. Teams are empowered to decide how they want to work.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">We work hard, but we encourage a healthy work-life balance.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt">We support fully remote work, but we have very nice offices in Santa Barbara, CA and San Diego, CA.</div></li></ul><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt"></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">About this job</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join a 6-person cross-functional product development team focused on continuing to enhance the accounting module of our Appfolio Property Manager product. This team owns the features that allow our customers to directly integrate with their financial institutions and pull that data into our product. They are currently working to enhance these features to support additional account types and methods of data intake.</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you would onboard quickly to our technology stack and our feature set, align your team on a shared understanding of the problem and solution space, and work closely with your fellow devs and cross-functional partners team to execute on these initiatives. This will require technical expertise and leadership, as well as superb communication skills.</div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt">Your impact</div><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Become a master of your software engineering craft, and work with other software engineers who are smart enough to teach you, and humble enough to learn from you.  </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Develop scalable, robust, and simple web-based solutions to solve complex business problems for our customers.  </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Formulate, implement, and evaluate algorithms and database queries to support SaaS scalability and stability.  </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Implement new features and optimize existing ones to drive maximum scalability, stability, and performance.  </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Use test-driven development, code reviews, and continuous integration to deliver high-quality software and rapidly fix bugs as they come up.  </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Work closely with, and incorporate feedback from, other engineering team members, QA, product owners, and our APM customers.  </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt">Leverage agile practices to release small batches of value to customers continuously. – test-driven development, pair programming, live code review, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.  </div></li></ul><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt">Qualifications</div><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science or related technical discipline.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">At least >5 years of experience as a full-stack software engineer. </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Hands-on work/internship experience developing web-based applications, preferably in a SaaS environment.  </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Creativity and the ability to solve complex problems without a roadmap.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Knowledge of Ruby on Rails and experience working with a language like Ruby, Java, or Python.  </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Experience with some areas of our tech, like Ruby on Rails, React, Redux, AWS, and SOA.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Familiarity with Agile software development processes (Scrum or Kanban).</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Familiarity with Test-Driven Development.</div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Experience working across all levels of the development stack is preferred.  </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt">Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners like PM, UX to drive technical solutions</div></li></ul><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt">Nice to Have:</div><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Experience working across all levels of the development stack  </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Experience with some areas of our tech like Ruby on Rails, React, Redux, AWS, SOA  </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Familiarity with Agile software development processes: Scrum or Kanban  </div></li><li style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt">Familiarity with Test-Driven-Development</div></li><li><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"><li style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Experience with AI-driven development: exposure to integrating Large Language Models into production workflows</div></li><li style="list-style-type:circle;font-size:18pt;font-family:'helvetica';color:rgb( 0 , 0 , 0 );background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;margin-left:19pt"><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt">Familiarity with standard AI terminology (Agents, Embeddings, Context Windows) and tooling is highly preferred</div></li></ul></li></ul><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt"></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Compensation & Benefits      </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">The base salary that we reasonably expect to pay for this role is $138,400 - $173,000.      </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">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.       </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">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 that you may be eligible for based on your role and/or employment type. </div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color:rgb( 255 , 255 , 255 );margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt">Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits - <a href="https://www.appfolioinc.com/careers/life-at-appfolio" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration:none">see here</a></div>

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