Quality Assurance Engineer - Investment Management

Job Description

Hi, We’re AppFolio.

We’re innovators, changemakers, and collaborators. We’re more than just a software company — we’re a cloud-based powerhouse that creates products to make our customers’ lives easier. We’re revolutionizing the way people do business, and we want your ideas, your enthusiasm, and your passion to help us keep on innovating.

We love where we work, and you can, too.

AppFolio was founded with a vision to revolutionize businesses through cloud-based software that is purpose-built for specific verticals. The first vertical we entered was a massive one: real estate. We focused first on property management then expanded into other facets of real estate over time. Real estate was the first of many on our quest to pioneer the multi-vertical SaaS strategy.

The most recent vertical we entered is equally massive: investment management. Starting with private equity real estate, we are helping our customers build and manage their businesses with purpose-built software that enables them to do everything from investor relations to fundraising to managing the elaborate capital formation stacks common in modern-day private equity deals.

What We’re Looking For

We are hiring a Quality Assurance Engineer with an exploratory testing mindset blended with test automation interests. Our Engineers are more than just QA; we are Software Engineers, Product Managers, and User Experience designers. We work collaboratively to set the technical direction for our SaaS products, developing easy-to-use solutions for our customers. QA Engineers are included at the beginning of the SDLC, not the end.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who has a passion and commitment to quality software, loves learning new and emerging technologies, and is driven to help build a successful SaaS product used by thousands of happy businesses. You'll learn about the inner workings of private equity investing, and you'll help champion our vision to streamline and automate the industry. This is a unique opportunity to get in early and help shape the future of both the team and the product that will be used by the next generation of investment managers.
What You’ll Do

Conduct exploratory software testing to identify areas of improvement for our web-based applications

Test new product features as part of our user story-driven, Agile/Scrum software development process

Contribute to test automation and infrastructure to enhance our automation testing coverage and pipelines

Collaborate closely with software developers to resolve issues discovered during testing

Coordinate across teams to ensure preparedness for each software release

Backlog grooming for upcoming development sprints

Encourage and advocate team ownership of software quality
Must-Haves

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent combination of technical coursework and practical experience.
• 2 - 5+ years of experience in QA Engineering or related fields.
• Analytical, organizational, and time-management skills with high attention to detail
• A commitment to quality, and an enthusiasm for testing
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to collaborate with development teams and product owners
• Experience with Agile/Scrum software development process in a SaaS environment
• Nice to have experience writing automated tests (Cypress, Selenium, Ruby, Javascript)

Our Story

AppFolio (NASDAQ: APPF) was founded in 2006 with the mission to revolutionize vertical industry businesses by providing great software and service. Our easy-to-use, cloud-based software helps our customers more effectively market, manage, and grow their businesses. Our software solutions exist in the real estate vertical, including AppFolio Property Manager and AppFolio Investment Management

To find out more about what AppFolio has to offer, check out appfolioinc.com/careers.