Sr. Mobile Software Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Mission

As a key contributor to AppFolio's mobile team, you will work closely with a passionate group of engineers to build and maintain our mobile apps for property managers, tenants, vendors, and future additional adjacent customers in the real estate vertical.  Over time, you will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and designers to continue improving our mobile apps at the same time as making them more robust and simple to maintain.

Outcomes

Mobile Platform

• Leverage strong experience developing React-based applications to help build and maintain robust React Native application experiences.

Maintain a strong and stable platform that supports iOS and Android mobile applications for Appfolio Property Manager and Tenant Portal.

The platform remains modern and up to date with key dependencies and frameworks.

Mobile applications adhere to all Apple App Store and Google Play Store requirements.

The building and testing for mobile can be easily learned by other developers through robust and well-maintained documentation.

Experience teams do not need to think or worry about forward / backward compatibility of the Mobile Platform it is handled for them.

Mobile Experiences

Support the efforts of other teams to create great mobile experiences, particularly those that require deep integration, such as Push Notifications, Offline Support, Platform Payments, etc.

Lead with a customer-focused mindset magical end users experiences, and practical internal developer experiences

Own team projects : leading planning, estimation, implementation, and maintenance

Proactively communicate and actively integrate into external experience teams to provide a high level of responsiveness and service to fulfill the requirements of a given project.

Educate others on Mobile Platform development and integration.

Be a mentor for Mobile Application builds and testing.

Honor commitments to customers, business, and peers through diligence and reliability.

Skills

Must have

Ability to leverage experience developing React-based applications to help build and maintain robust React Native application experience.

Deep understanding of the common architecture of mobile applications.

Strong native APIs knowledge for deep integrations with iOS and Android platform features.

Proficiency with numerous technologies, tools, and frameworks used for mobile application development, such as React Native, Xcode, Android Studio, GraphQL, node.js, etc.  Comfortably navigate and update large Ruby-on-Rails applications.

Commit to high-quality deliverables through a commitment to test automation.

Embody agility, breaking large stories down into smaller ones and iterating to provide great solutions.

CompetenciesTechnical

5+ years of relevant industry experience

Comfortable jumping into a large (or third-party / open-source) codebase and quickly orienting one’s self

Excellent coding and design skills

Practices test driven development

Committed to pair programming

Execution

Able to make decisions quickly without complete information

Is not afraid to release something minimal

Value / outcome oriented mindset

Able to simplify problems

Recognizes business wins and celebrates with the team

Communication

Communicates effectively with teammates

Works well across all roles (PM, UX, QA, and SE)

Willing to engage in public speaking

Willing to engage with the open-source community

Continuous Improvement

Joyfully takes feedback and incorporates it into day to day operation

Willing to give others feedback with a caring attitude

Committed to continuous improvement through retrospection

Mentors other engineers on the team, helping them find their voice, develop technical expertise, resolve blockers, and find opportunities to grow

Character

Extremely tenacious does not give up

Sees problems as opportunities

Stays positive, even through tough challenges

Compensation & Benefits

The base salary that we reasonably expect to pay for this role is $138,400-$173,000

The actual base salary for this role will be determined by a variety of 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 / commissions that you may be eligible for based on your role and / or employment type.

Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits - see here.