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Sr. Software Engineer - Platform Permissions

AppFolio Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, GA

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$138k - $190k/yr Full time Senior Access Controls Authorization

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Job Description

Build and evolve AppFolio’s authorization platform to make secure access control scalable, reliable, and easy for other teams to adopt.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate the authorization platform including roles, policies, and access checks used by other teams
Increase the speed and reliability of permission checks as request volume grows; define performance and availability goals
Develop interfaces, libraries, and tooling that help engineering teams add access control to features safely and quickly
Lead migration of older, difficult-to-maintain permissions logic into the modern authorization platform to reduce risk and complexity
Raise the technical bar through design reviews, practical code review, and clear written proposals that support strong decision-making
Mentor engineers and collaborate with product, security, and engineering to translate unclear access-control needs into simple, well-understood systems
Own end-to-end quality for authorization changes with automated testing, controlled rollouts using feature flags, and observability

Requirements

Comfort working across the stack, including backend services and customer-facing interfaces; ability to pick up new languages and tools as needed
Ability to diagnose and improve performance and reliability in systems handling high request volumes
Drive toward root causes and reduction of unnecessary complexity instead of symptom patching
Experience with authorization, authentication, or other security-sensitive systems is a plus
Proactive, clear communication in writing and conversation; explain technical trade-offs to both engineers and non-engineers
Collaborate broadly across the org by giving and receiving feedback; focus on enabling others to do their best work
Prioritize team delivery over individual productivity
7+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems
Fluency with AI coding agents, including experience with available agents and willingness to learn and use AI for building
Depth in one or more of the languages used: Ruby on Rails, Go, or React with TypeScript; or strong ability and desire to become effective quickly
Track record designing and owning non-trivial platform systems end-to-end

Technologies

Ruby on Rails
Go
React
TypeScript
AI coding agents
Feature flags

Location

Atlanta, GA (onsite)
Find out more about our locations by visiting our site.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary range: USD 138,400 - 190,300 per year
Actual base pay depends on factors including skills, education, and experience
Total Rewards may include additional benefits and bonuses/commissions based on role and employment type; regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits

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Today

Sr. Software Engineer - Platform Permissions

AppFolio Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

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

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Job Description

AppFolio is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Permissions team and help build an authorization platform that determines who can do what across all AppFolio products. This role centers on fast, reliable, and dependable access control systems, including the safe migration of older permissions logic and end-to-end quality practices for authorization changes.

Role summary

You will design and deliver the platform capabilities other engineering teams rely on, including roles, policies, and access checks. The focus is on improving performance and availability as usage grows, while providing the interfaces, libraries, and tooling that make it easier for teams to add access control to their features quickly and safely.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate the authorization platform, including roles, policies, and access checks used by other teams
Improve the speed and reliability of permission checks, establishing performance and availability goals to keep them strong at scale
Build interfaces, libraries, and tooling that enable other engineers to add access control to their features with speed and safety
Lead migration of older, hard-to-maintain permissions logic onto the modern authorization platform, reducing risk and complexity during the transition
Raise the technical bar through design reviews, pragmatic code review, and written proposals that support strong shared decision-making
Mentor engineers and share context, partnering with product, security, and engineering teams to turn unclear access-control needs into simple, well-understood systems
Own end-to-end quality through automated testing, controlled rollouts using feature flags, and observability, helping authorization changes ship safely

Requirements

7+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems
Fluency with AI coding agents, including experience with any available agents, understanding common concepts, and a willingness to learn and apply AI for building
Depth in Ruby on Rails, Go, or React with TypeScript, or the ability and desire to become effective in them quickly
A track record of designing and owning non-trivial platform systems end-to-end

Technology

Ruby on Rails
Go
React
TypeScript

Compensation & benefits

Base salary range: $138,400 - $190,300 per year
Actual base salary will be determined by factors including skills, education, and experience
Base pay is one component of a Total Rewards package, and the range does not include additional benefits or bonuses/commissions that may apply
Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits (see here)

Location

Onsite in Chicago, IL. Find out more about AppFolio locations by visiting their site.

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1mo ago

Software Engineer - Backend

Morgan Stanley New York, NY

New York, NY

1mo ago Closed

$120k - $170k/yr Full time Backend Developer API APIs

This position is no longer accepting applications (closed Sep 7, 2026).

Job Description

Morgan Stanley is hiring a Director-level backend engineer to design, build, and operate production-grade services. If you have 4+ years of hands-on experience, this role focuses on backend services and APIs, distributed systems, and production resilience using Java and Python. You will work onsite in New York, NY with a culture that values depth over buzzwords and gives room to think.

Why join us

Work on systems with real impact
Engineering culture that values depth over buzzwords
Opportunity to grow into system design and end-to-end ownership
Smart peers working on real problems, with room to reason
Open environment where everyone can express their views and make significant contributions

Responsibilities

Design and build new backend services and APIs from scratch
Work on distributed systems with scalability, latency, and reliability constraints
Make trade-offs across performance, consistency, and complexity
Write clean, maintainable, testable code others enjoy working with
Own services end-to-end: design, build, deploy, and operate
Debug production issues and improve system resilience over time

Required qualifications

Strong proficiency in Java and Python for backend engineering
Solid understanding of HTTP fundamentals
Strong grasp of object-oriented design, clean class modeling, and design patterns for multi-threaded and event-driven systems
Good command of data structures and collections, including when to use them
Hands-on experience with multi-threaded and event-driven systems
Awareness of memory usage, time, and space complexity
Experience with dependency injection and lifecycle management
Understanding of AOP concepts including advice, pointcuts, and cross-cutting concerns
Experience with transaction management
Familiarity with connection pools and resource management
Experience designing read and write APIs for stability, scalability, and performance
Exposure to real-world event-driven systems, pub-sub patterns, and fault tolerance
Familiarity with caching strategies (local and distributed)
Practical understanding of logging, monitoring, and observability
Working knowledge of security fundamentals: authentication, authorization, and encryption
Comfort reasoning through problems and communicating your approach
Focus on clarity, correctness, and simplicity, with the ability to explain design choices
Take ownership and follow issues through to resolution
4+ years of relevant experience

Nice to have

Practical understanding of batch processing and data pipelines
Experience with BDD testing frameworks and tools

Interview process

Hands-on, real-world problem discussions
No tell me about yourself or resume walkthroughs
Interactive conversations focused on how you think, design, and reason

Compensation: USD 120,000 - 170,000 per year.

Location: New York, NY (onsite).

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