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What were looking for

At AppFolio, we paddle as one. We ride and make waves together, with a relentless focus on building great products for the way our customers work and live today  and tomorrow. AppFolio is a destination organization where careers are made and accelerated. Here, innovation is a team sport.

We're looking for experienced engineers to help build AppFolio Investment Management. AppFolio Investment Management (https:www.appfolioinvestmentmanagement.com) product is a fast-growing internal startup of a successful, established SaaS company (https:www.appfolioinc.com). We are going after the $7 trillion and growing private equity market which largely still runs on spreadsheets and email. Starting with private equity real estate, we are helping private equity firms 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 stacks common in modern-day private equity deals.

You'll join one of our domain-focused, full-stack engineering teams, helping build solutions that power private equity investments. You'll learn about the inner workings of private equity investing and help realize our vision to streamline and automate the industry. This is a unique opportunity to get in early with an internal startup that is part of an established public company and help shape the future of the fastest-growing web-based product for managing private equity investments.

Your impact 
Build software solutions that change the game of private equity investmentCollaborate with a very experienced and highly effective team of passionate engineers and product managersTalk directly with customers to understand their challenges and get direct feedback on the features you're buildingOperate in a highly autonomous team that owns the full lifecycle of solutions you build, from discovery to development to production Ship solutions that embody our product values of INVEST -- Intuitive, Valuable, Easy, Secure, TrustworthyWrite code that reflects our technical values of SMART -- Simple, Maintainable, Adaptable, Readable, TestedInteract with colleagues in a way that supports our team values of HEART -- Humor, Effectiveness, Autonomy, Respect, Trust

Must have
The ability to thrive with high levels of autonomy and responsibilityExperience building web-based productsExperience with modern cloud software tools and methodologiesExperience with modern web frameworks and methodologiesExcellent collaboration skills to contribute cross-functionally and in a team setting

Nice to Have
A passion for real estate, investing, or investment managementExperience with AIML technologiesExperience with proptech, fintech, or vertical SaaS

Compensation & Benefits

The base salary that we reasonably expect to pay for this role is: $106,000-$125,000

The actual base salary for this role will be determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to the candidates 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 andor employment type.

Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits - see here.

Why AppFolio

We ride and make waves together, with a relentless focus on building great products for the way our customers work and live today  and tomorrow. AppFolio is a destination organization where careers are made and accelerated. Here, innovation is a team sport.

Paddle as One.

Statement of Equal Opportunity

At AppFolio, we value diversity in backgrounds and perspectives and depend on it to drive our innovative culture. Thats why were 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, youre always welcome at AppFolio.

>> the resume: <<SummaryTo work for an engineering firm in the electrical and/or control systems discipline
EducationUniversity of Houston DowntownHouston,TexasExpected in2004––Graduate:Bachelors of Science: Engineering Technology (BSET) in Controls and Instrumentation Electronics-GPA:Summa Cum LaudeGraduated Summa Cum Laude.University of HoustonHouston,TexasExpected in––:Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE)-GPA:Completed course-work toward Electrical and Computer Engineering major (1996 - 2001).
ExperienceJacobs Engineering Inc-Lead Electrical Engineer for the CSM ProjectCity,STATE,08/2008-07/2014Supported and contributed to Phases I, II III, and IV of the Electrical and Control Systems Design for the Control Systems Move (CSM) Project that includes re-engineering and moving existing process control equipment into a new central control building and new blast resistant modules at Marathon Petroleum's Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City (US 3rd largest).Prepared and presented presentations to the client and team members new to the project.Prepared engineering conceptual design drawings.Prepared engineering design, material and labor estimates for all phases.Prepared the engineering design schedule, deliverables and scope narrative for all phases.Reviewed engineering design drawings.Updated process control equipment lists and cut-over plans for the refinery.Prepared fiber optic cable schedules to be incorporated into the overall fiber optic infrastructure.Updated engineering design weekly and monthly progress reports for the project.Frequently visited the refinery for field surveys.Jacobs Engineering, Inc,-Electrical Engineer for the TCACP ProjectCity,STATE,-Supported and contributed to Phases III and IV of the Electrical Power System Design for the Texas City Automation and Controls Program (TCACP) that involves upgrading the controls and automation for Marathon Petroleum's Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City.Prepared load lists for the power design of one of the units in the refinery.Prepared material requisitions for purchasing electrical equipment and material.Checked electrical cable, fiber cable and cable conduit on plan drawings.Checked fiber, Ethernet and data cable wiring on wiring diagrams.Verified cable tray and fittings on Material Take-Offs (MTOs).Updated engineering design weekly reports and monthly progress for the project.Frequently visited the refinery for field surveys.Jacobs Engineering, Inc.-Electrical Engineer for the Flint Hills DDS ProjectCity,STATE,-Contributed to Phase IV of the Electrical Design of the Distillate Desulfurizer project (DDS).Prepared and ran calculations for Cable Ampacity and Conduit Fill using AmpCalc software.Prepared and checked Electrical Schematic Diagrams.Checked drawings for Area Classifications.Contributed to the Lighting Material Take-Off (MTO).Reviewed vendor drawings related to Switchgears, Load Centers, Motor Control Centers (MCCs), and Motors.Bechtel National, Inc-Lead Resident Electrical/Controls EngineerCity,STATE,06/2004-09/2008Contributed in completing the Electrical Design for the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) project that includes first-of-a-kind technology that will neutralize mustard agent in projectiles at the U.S.Army Pueblo Chemical Depot (Department of Defense).Reviewed Piping and Instrument Diagrams and interpreted Logic Diagrams into Electrical Circuit Block Diagrams to incorporate circuit design.Prepared Electrical Schematic Diagrams and Panel Schedules.Responsible Engineer for Vendor Packages.Administrated Bechtel's SETROUTE cable scheduling system database for the project.Trained team members new to the project.Bechtel National, Inc.-Lead Electrical/Controls Engineer for the PCAPP ProjectCity,STATE,-Contributed to the initial Electrical Design Phase for the project.Prepared and checked system packages for DOD (client) review.Administrated Bechtel’s SETROUTE cable scheduling system database for the project.Assigned and coordinated work between Engineering Team members for the completion of work packages.Bechtel National, Inc.-Electrical Engineer for the WTP ProjectCity,STATE,-Supported the Electrical Design for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Project that involves the vitrification process (waste to glass) that will stabilize the radioactive and chemical waste left from the Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear material production at Hanford (DOE).Prepared system calculations including voltage drop, short circuit, current and cable ampacities.Used the Electrical Transient Analyzer Program (ETAP) for load flow, short circuit and motor starting analysis.Used the Power Plot Program for plotting Time versus Current Characteristic curves for circuit protection devices.Used the MicroStation Program for 2D drafting of existing project designs, i.e. Single Line Diagrams.
SkillsSoftwareVarious PC utilities; Windows; Microsoft Office; C, C++, Fortran 77, Visual Basic, SPIM assembly machine language; PSpice (electronics tool); Electronics Workbench; Mathematica; Mat Lab; FrontPage; ETAP; Power Plot; SETROUTE (cable management tool); Amp Calc (conduit fill and cable ampacity calculation tool); Block Draw; Micro Station V8 2D, and EIT (project progressing tool).>>. The result is, 

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