Sr. Software Engineer - Payments

Description What we’re looking for We are hiring a responsible and passionate Senior Payments Software Engineer with excellent client-side development skills to contribute to our early-stage product development with a very small team of experienced people. We work collaboratively to develop easy-to-use and inviting solutions for potential customers. Our engineers find deep satisfaction in building things that customers actually love. Your impact • Develop scalable, robust, and simple web-based solutions to solve complex business problems in the payments space. • Implement new features and optimize existing ones to drive maximum performance. • Use test-driven development, code reviews, and continuous integration to deliver high-quality software and rapidly fix bugs as they come up. • Work closely with (and incorporate feedback from) other engineering team members, QA, and product owners. • Leverage agile practices in start-up mode, encourage collaboration, prioritization, and urgency to develop rapidly. • Research, share, and recommend new technologies and trends. Qualifications • You love learning about new technologies but understand the value of simplicity and priority. • You care about the long-term maintainability of the codebase and will learn to advocate for refactoring and clean-ups where appropriate. • 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. • Creativity, ability to solve complex problems without a roadmap. • Proven experience working across all levels of the development stack. • Strong familiarity with Agile software development processes: Scrum or Kanban. • Strong familiarity with test-driven development. Must have • BS, MS, or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related technical discipline (Bootcamp graduates are welcome as well) • 5+ years of hands-on work experience (outside of internships and education) developing web-based applications, preferably in a SaaS environment • Experience working in APIs, databases, and other web and cloud technologies • Excellent experience working across all levels of the development stack • Strong familiarity with Agile software development processes: Scrum or Kanban Nice to have • Recent experience in the Payment Processing industry • Recent experience with our tech stack: Ruby-on-Rails, React.js, AWS, and MySQL • Experience building streaming systems with large amounts of data and complex aggregation logic • Experience deploying machine learning models at scale Compensation & Benefits The base salary/hourly wage that we reasonably expect to pay for this role is $138,400 - $173,000 The actual base salary/hourly wage for this role will be determined by various factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s skills, education, experience, etc. 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. Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits including but not limited to: • Paid Time Off (PTO) • Medical, dental, and vision benefits • Long-term and short-term disability insurance • 401(k) • Wellness benefits 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. Apply Job!