Data Science Engineer, Data Operations

Staff Data Science Engineer, Data Operations

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Hi, We’re App Folio. We’re innovators, changemakers, and collaborators. We’re more than 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.

As a Data Science Engineer on our Business Data Platform (BDP) team, you will own the operational backbone of our data infrastructure. You will play a critical role in ensuring resilient, secure, and scalable systems that power analytics, AI, experimentation, and business decision-making across the company. This role bridges platform engineering, data governance, and Dev Ops—enabling seamless data delivery and access with leading-class observability and compliance.

• Own the design, build, and maintenance of App Folio’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 Info Sec 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.

• 6+ years in Data Ops, Data Platform Engineering, Dev Ops, 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, Git Ops workflows, code spaces, 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.

This role is a fully remote opportunity; however, you can find out more about our locations by visiting our website.

The compensation that we reasonably expect to pay for this role is $167,200 - $209,000 base pay.

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

App Folio is the technology leader powering the future of the real estate industry. Our innovative platform and trusted partnership enable our customers to connect communities, increase operational efficiency, and grow their business. For more information about App Folio, visit

At App Folio, 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 App Folio.