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# Staff Software Engineer - Leasing

- **Company:** AppFolio, Inc.
- **Location:** Dallas, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $167,200.0 - $229,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Software as a Service, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Ruby on Rails, Service-Oriented Architecture, Web Applications, ReactJS, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=29bc286ffbf4d996

## About the Role

* You have 8+ years of experience developing and scaling web-based applications, preferably in a SaaS environment.
 * 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.
 * You have experience leading architectural discussions, defining system design, and guiding technical decision-making.
 * You have practical experience integrating AI/ML technologies into production-grade applications, understanding how to make non-deterministic systems reliable.
 * You take a pragmatic approach to technology-adopting new tools where they add value, while mastering proven technologies.
 * You care about long-term maintainability, advocate for clean architecture, and drive continuous refactoring and improvement.
 * You balance intensity and sustainability-you'll go the extra mile when needed but also model healthy work-life balance.

Nice to Have:

 * 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, React, AWS, or service-oriented architectures.

## Description

* Drive the technical vision and strategy across the Leasing teams, 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 agentic AI, balancing rapid innovation with the reliability and security our customers depend on.
 * Raise the bar for engineering quality through hands-on leadership in design and code, while establishing the standards and patterns that enable the entire team to ship with confidence.
 * 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.