Sr. React Native (Mobile) Software Engineer
3+ months ago• San Diego, CA
AppFolio is more than a company. We’re a community of dreamers, big thinkers, problem solvers, active listeners, and multipliers. At every opportunity, we set the pace while delivering innovation built to carry real estate into the future. One in which every experience feels effortless, yet meaningful. Where customers are empowered to take on any opportunity. We show up as one team, connected by our values to be a force for good. Because together, we have the power to create extraordinary outcomes for our customers, our communities, and ourselves.
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.
Your impact
- 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.
Qualifications
- 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.
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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.
Must have
You should be able to
- Leverage strong experience developing React-based applications to help build and maintain robust React Native application experiences.
- Deeply understand the common architecture of mobile applications.
- Leverage native APIs for deep integrations with iOS and Android platform features.
- Demonstrate 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.
- You embody agility, breaking large stories down into smaller ones and iterating to provide great solutions.
Technical Competencies
- 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
Location
Compensation & Benefits
The compensation that we reasonably expect to pay for this role is: $138,400 - $173,000 base pay. The actual compensation for this role will be determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s skills, education, experience, and internal equity.
Please note that compensation is just one aspect of a comprehensive Total Rewards package. The compensation range listed here does not include additional benefits or any discretionary bonuses you may be eligible for based on your role and/or employment type.
Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits - see here.
Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits - see here.
Client-provided location(s): San Diego, CA
Job ID: oMiVvfwe-CGTJVfwX
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-04-24T23:41:46
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
Parental Benefits
Work Flexibility
Office Life and Perks
Vacation and Time Off
Financial and Retirement
Professional Development
Diversity and Inclusion