AppFolio · 5 hours ago
Staff Data Science Engineer, Data Operations
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$167K/yr - $209K/yr
6+ years expAppFolio is a technology leader in the real estate industry, pioneering cloud and AI solutions. The Staff Data Science Engineer will be responsible for the operational backbone of the Business Data Platform, ensuring resilient and scalable systems that support analytics and business decision-making.
AnalyticsComputerInformation TechnologyProperty ManagementPropTechSaaSSoftwareWeb Hosting
Responsibilities
Own the design, build, and maintenance of AppFolio’s Business Data Platform’s observability and testing solutions that identify reliability, scalability, or data quality issues and strive to continuously improve the platform
Build, monitor, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and orchestration tools to ensure timely and accurate data delivery
Manage service accounts, roles, and permissions across Snowflake, dbt, and BI tools
Own the creation of and performance of Data Pipeline SLOs
Create and enforce data access controls, masking policies, and encryption standards (at rest and in transit)
Partner with InfoSec and Compliance to ensure auditability and privacy frameworks are implemented and upheld across the Business Data Platform
Maintain lineage and metadata documentation across key data domains
Implement and manage infrastructure-as-code for data platform components
Drive automation of routine operations (e.g., environment provisioning, credential rotation, usage monitoring)
Partner with data engineers, data science engineers, data scientists, and analysts to improve platform usability and self-service capabilities
Document and evangelize best practices for data access, job orchestration, and environment management
Qualification
Required
6+ years in DataOps, Data Platform Engineering, DevOps, or related roles within modern cloud data environments
Proficiency in data engineering tools and technologies - SQL, Python, Airflow, Mulesoft, Linux scripting, and dbt
Strong Experience with cloud technology, especially AWS tech stack (s3, ec2, eks), Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with cloud data warehouse technology, such as Snowflake, including data security and governance
Advanced proficiency with Airflow
Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, codespaces, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform etc.)
Experience with building self-serve processes
Familiarity with security standards and practices for data (IAM, encryption, audit logging)
Familiar with Snowflake RBAC
Company
AppFolio
AppFolio is a cloud business management solutions provider for the real estate industry.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$30MKey Investors
Investment Group of Santa BarbaraHeadline
2015-06-26IPO
2013-11-01Series Unknown
2009-08-18Series C· $8M
Leadership Team
Shane Trigg
President and CEO
Tim Eaton
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-11-25
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