Manager, Software Engineering - Investment Management
Description
- Lead, coach, and support 6-8 passionate engineers, across two teams, to foster a high-performance culture of excellence.
- Be comfortable and excited about contributing directly where valuable, via writing, reviewing, and testing code.
- Take a hands-on approach to the entire software development lifecycle: perform day-to-day project management to ensure successful, on-time releases; demonstrate ownership and accountability for the team’s delivery.
- Build trusting relationships and collaborate across departments to execute on company strategy.
- Collaborate with our Senior Engineering Manager to set the technical direction for the broader team.
- Manage the delivery of software using Agile best practices including continuous delivery, continuous integration, and test-driven development.
- Promote a SMART codebase (Simple, Maintainable, Agile, Refactored, and Tested) for a SAFE product (Secure, Available, Fast, and Easy).
- Enable a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and excellence while continuously elevating the quality and caliber of our engineering-centric learning organization.
- Ensure the team fully understands the goals and objectives of AppFolio as a company and how their work fits into the bigger picture.
- BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Proven experience leading engineering teams during the evolution of the Engineering function from start-up to mid lifecycle.
- 2+ years of successfully hiring, directly managing, coaching, and retaining world-class engineers.
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience leading and contributing to the design, development, delivery, and maintenance of large-scale and high-performance platforms.
- Well-versed not only in the typical Agile rituals and practices - but also the modern, genuinely agile practices of rapid experimentation and continuous delivery of value.
- Proficiency with most areas of our tech like Ruby, React, and SQL.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with a proven ability to build productive cross-functional relationships and motivate team members. Must have a positive, can-do attitude and value collaboration.
- The ability to thrive with high levels of personal initiative, autonomy, and responsibility
- Creativity, ability to solve complex problems without a roadmap
Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits - see here.
Why AppFolio
Grow | We enable a culture of high performance, where delivering results is recognized by opportunities for growth and compelling total rewards. Our challenging and meaningful work drive the growth of our business, and ourselves.
Learn | We partner with you to realize your potential by investing in you from the start. We're cultivating a team of big thinkers through coaching and mentorship with our best-in-class leaders, and giving you the time and tools to develop your skills.
Impact | We are creating a world where living in, investing in, managing, and supporting communities feels magical and effortless, freeing people to thrive. We do this by innovating with purpose while cultivating a culture of impact. We learn as much from each other as we do our customers and our communities.
Connect | We excel at hybrid work by fostering an environment that feels flexible, personal and connected, no matter where we are. We create space to fuel innovation and collaboration, and we come together to celebrate, connect, and succeed.
Paddle as One.
Learn more at appfolio.com/company/careers
Statement of Equal Opportunity
At AppFolio, we value diversity in backgrounds and perspectives and depend on it to drive our innovative culture. That’s why we’re a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, and we believe that our products, our teams, and our business are stronger because of it. This means that no matter what race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, age, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or veteran status, you’re always welcome at AppFolio.