Sr. Site Reliability Engineer - Database Systems at AppFolio
Dallas, TX 75201
About the Job
DescriptionHi, We’re AppFolioWe’re innovators, changemakers, and collaborators
We’re more than just a software company – we’re pioneers in cloud and AI who deliver magical experiences that make our customers’ lives easier
We’re revolutionizing how people do business in the real estate industry, and we want your ideas, enthusiasm, and passion to help us keep innovating.We are hiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer with a strong background in database technologies, especially running MySQL at scale
You’ll be a key member of the team that provides reliable, scalable database infrastructure for AppFolio Property Manager
You’re experienced with cloud-based infrastructure automation, testing, reliability, security, and observability
Lastly, you have strong communication skills and enjoy working on a team that values openness, integrity, and attention to detail
This is an ideal opportunity for someone with an owner’s mindset and a passion for building reliable systems
This position requires on-call responsibilities.Your impact You’ll lead the effort to build, deploy, and operate the foundational database infrastructure that powers AppFolio Property Manager
You will be on the team responsible for capacity planning, monitoring, backups, configuration management, container orchestration, infrastructure as code, and disaster recovery
You’ll collaborate with engineering and platform teams, helping them to improve the reliability and quality of our infrastructure.Must haveExperience running production MySQL databases, including capacity planning, performance tuning, replication strategies, and high availability.4-5 years hands-on experience running production, highly available, distributed, and cloud-based services, preferably in a SaaS environment.Expertise with configuration management and Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, CloudFormation, Terraform, Pulumi, etc.)Proven ability to diagnose and monitor performance and reliability issues across the stack: relational databases, networking, OS, containers, load balancers, etc
You’ll chase down performance problems and uncover root causes of system failures.Experience with some flavor of GNU/Linux
You’re able to manage users, configure networking, and create packages in your distribution of choice.Coding background: you’ve written code to perform critical tasks or in production
The exact language doesn’t matter, though we give bonus points for Go, Ruby, or Python.Experience with Amazon Web Services (commonly EC2, S3, EBS, Route53, and VPCs…bonus for RDS, Aurora, or EKS)Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration tooling.Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years experience or equivalent work experienceNice-to-Have: Production experience running other flavors of relational or no sql databases such as Postgres, CockroachDB, DynamoDB, CassandraDB, MongoDB, etc.Compensation & BenefitsThe base salary that we 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 that you may be eligible for based on your role and/or employment type
Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits - see here.#LI-EB1Why AppFolioGrow | 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/careersStatement of Equal OpportunityAt 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.
We’re more than just a software company – we’re pioneers in cloud and AI who deliver magical experiences that make our customers’ lives easier
We’re revolutionizing how people do business in the real estate industry, and we want your ideas, enthusiasm, and passion to help us keep innovating.We are hiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer with a strong background in database technologies, especially running MySQL at scale
You’ll be a key member of the team that provides reliable, scalable database infrastructure for AppFolio Property Manager
You’re experienced with cloud-based infrastructure automation, testing, reliability, security, and observability
Lastly, you have strong communication skills and enjoy working on a team that values openness, integrity, and attention to detail
This is an ideal opportunity for someone with an owner’s mindset and a passion for building reliable systems
This position requires on-call responsibilities.Your impact You’ll lead the effort to build, deploy, and operate the foundational database infrastructure that powers AppFolio Property Manager
You will be on the team responsible for capacity planning, monitoring, backups, configuration management, container orchestration, infrastructure as code, and disaster recovery
You’ll collaborate with engineering and platform teams, helping them to improve the reliability and quality of our infrastructure.Must haveExperience running production MySQL databases, including capacity planning, performance tuning, replication strategies, and high availability.4-5 years hands-on experience running production, highly available, distributed, and cloud-based services, preferably in a SaaS environment.Expertise with configuration management and Infrastructure as Code (Ansible, CloudFormation, Terraform, Pulumi, etc.)Proven ability to diagnose and monitor performance and reliability issues across the stack: relational databases, networking, OS, containers, load balancers, etc
You’ll chase down performance problems and uncover root causes of system failures.Experience with some flavor of GNU/Linux
You’re able to manage users, configure networking, and create packages in your distribution of choice.Coding background: you’ve written code to perform critical tasks or in production
The exact language doesn’t matter, though we give bonus points for Go, Ruby, or Python.Experience with Amazon Web Services (commonly EC2, S3, EBS, Route53, and VPCs…bonus for RDS, Aurora, or EKS)Experience with Kubernetes or other container orchestration tooling.Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years experience or equivalent work experienceNice-to-Have: Production experience running other flavors of relational or no sql databases such as Postgres, CockroachDB, DynamoDB, CassandraDB, MongoDB, etc.Compensation & BenefitsThe base salary that we 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 that you may be eligible for based on your role and/or employment type
Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits - see here.#LI-EB1Why AppFolioGrow | 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/careersStatement of Equal OpportunityAt 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.
