Staff Software Engineer - Investor/Owner

AppFolio is a technology leader in the real estate industry, creating innovative products to enhance customer experiences. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to drive technical vision and strategy for their Investor segment, leading the design and implementation of complex systems while mentoring other engineers in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities:

• Drive the technical vision and strategy across the Owner subsegment, influencing the product roadmap and making key architectural decisions that align with business goals
• 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
• Act as a force multiplier by coaching engineers and fostering a high-trust, autonomous culture where continuous learning and ownership are the norms
• 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
• Operate in a highly autonomous team that owns the full lifecycle of solutions you build, from discovery to development to production
• Proactively research, share, and apply new technologies and patterns that improve system quality and accelerate delivery
• Use test-driven development, code reviews, and continuous integration to deliver high-quality software and rapidly fix bugs as they come up

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience developing and scaling web-based applications, preferably in a SaaS environment
• 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
• Experience leading architectural discussions, defining system design, and guiding technical decision-making
• 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
• A pragmatic approach to technology, adopting new tools where they add value, while mastering proven technologies
• Caring about long-term maintainability, advocating for clean architecture, and driving continuous refactoring and improvement
• Balancing intensity and sustainability—you'll go the extra mile when needed but also model healthy work-life balance
• An ability to solve complex problems without a roadmap
• Loving to learn about and use new tech, but understanding the value of continuing to leverage existing technology when it gets the job done
• Caring about the long-term maintainability of the codebase and advocating for refactoring and code cleanliness
• Identifying and resolving code-smells through sensible refactoring
• Caring about work-life balance and wanting your company to care about it, too; putting in the extra hour when needed but not letting it become a habit
• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline
• Experience with technologies in our stack such as Ruby on Rails, Golang, React, AWS, or service-oriented architectures