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Sr. Software Engineer - Platform Permissions

AppFolio Inc San Francisco, CA

San Francisco, CA

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$138k - $190k/yr Full time Backend Developer Senior Engineering

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Job Description

AppFolio Inc is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Permissions team in San Francisco, CA (onsite). In this role, you’ll design and operate an authorization platform that determines what users and systems can do across AppFolio products, with an emphasis on scalable access control, dependable permission-checking, and a structured migration away from legacy logic.

Role Summary

You will build the core authorization capabilities other teams rely on: roles, policies, and access checks. The work includes improving permission-check performance and reliability as usage grows, while also migrating older permissions logic onto a modern platform to reduce risk and complexity.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate the authorization platform including the roles, policies, and access checks that other teams build on top of
Improve speed and reliability of permission checks by setting performance and availability goals that keep them fast as usage scales
Create interfaces, libraries, and tooling so engineering teams can add access control to their features quickly and safely
Lead migration of older, hard-to-maintain permissions logic onto the modern authorization platform
Raise the technical bar through design reviews, pragmatic code review, and clear written proposals
Mentor engineers and collaborate with product, security, and engineering partners to turn ambiguous access-control requirements into systems that are simple and well understood
Own end-to-end quality for authorization changes with automated testing, controlled rollouts using feature flags, and observability so changes ship safely

Requirements

7+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems
Fluency with AI coding agents, including experience with available agents, understanding common concepts, and a willingness to learn and use AI to build
Depth in at least one of the following or the ability and desire to become effective quickly: Ruby on Rails, Go, or React with TypeScript
Proven experience designing and owning non-trivial platform systems end-to-end
Comfort working across the stack, including backend services and customer-facing interfaces, and picking up new languages and tools as needed
Ability to diagnose and improve performance and reliability in high request volume systems
Drive to identify root causes and reduce unnecessary complexity rather than patch symptoms
Experience with authorization, authentication, or other security-sensitive systems is a plus
Proactive, clear communication in writing and conversation, including explaining technical trade-offs to engineers and non-engineers
Collaboration that includes giving and receiving feedback, helping teammates do their best work, and prioritizing team delivery over individual productivity

Technologies

Ruby on Rails
Go
React
TypeScript

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary expected range: $138,400 - $190,300
Actual base salary will be determined by factors including skills, education, experience, and more
Base pay is part of a Total Rewards package and may not include additional benefits or bonuses/commissions based on role and employment type
Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits

Location

San Francisco, CA (onsite). Find out more about AppFolio locations by visiting their site. All late-stage candidates complete an in-person meeting with an AppFolian as part of the hiring process.

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