Staff Software Engineer (AI and Product Development)

Who We Are:

Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Foxen provides innovative insurance compliance solutions and financial services for the mutual benefit of property owners, managers, and residents in multifamily real estate. Foxen is comprised of technologists and developers, insurance and finance professionals, and property management industry veterans. We leverage extensive expertise and collaboration to deliver technology-driven solutions that seamlessly meet the needs of our customers. Foxen’s products revolutionize flawed and antiquated processes, while simultaneously creating property revenue and financial wellness for residents.

Foxen earned a spot on Inc.’s 2025 Best Places to Work list - a proud reflection of the culture we’re building as we grow. We’re scaling fast and looking for people who want to be part of something exciting. Meet the team at foxen.com/about-us .

What You’ll Do:

As a staff engineer at Foxen, you will be a technical co-founder of our next chapter. You will pioneer the development of our next AI-powered revenue stream while establishing the technical foundation and engineering standards that will define Foxen's future. This is not a traditional engineering role; you will be an architect, innovator, and technical leader who turns ambitious vision into market-defining products.

You will partner closely with Product leadership to transform ideas into intelligent, scalable solutions that leverage AI to unlock new value for our customers. You'll work with autonomy and ownership, making critical technical decisions that will shape the trajectory of the company. Your work will directly impact Foxen's growth, competitive positioning, and ability to revolutionize the multifamily real estate industry.

Top Impact Areas:

AI Powered Innovation & Product Development

•Design and build Foxen's next-generation AI-powered product line from the ground up

•Partner with Product to define technical feasibility, architecture, and implementation strategy for AI-driven features

•Establish best practices for responsible AI development, including model selection, evaluation, monitoring, and continuous improvement

•Build intelligent systems that leverage our existing platform while creating entirely new capabilities

Engineering Excellence & Team Elevation

•Set the standard for engineering excellence in leveraging AI across the organization through exemplary code, documentation, and technical decision-making

•Mentor and elevate engineers at all levels, accelerating their growth and expanding their technical capabilities

•Champion engineering best practices, including automated testing, observability, security, and operational excellence

•Advise and support various internal AI driven efforts across Foxen

•Build cross-functional alignment between Engineering, Product, and Business teams on complex initiatives

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical design and implementation of Foxen's next AI-powered revenue stream, from concept through production deployment
• Partner directly with the Technology and Product leadership to translate business strategy into technical execution plans
• Design distributed systems and APIs that are performant, secure, scalable, and maintainable at enterprise scale
• Architect solutions that extend our existing Azure-based platform while introducing cutting-edge AI capabilities
• Establish technical patterns, frameworks, and standards that enable the broader engineering team to move faster and leverage AI with more confidence
• Drive technical due diligence for major initiatives, identifying risks and opportunities that impact timelines and outcomes
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly and persuasively to technical and non-technical stakeholders across all levels of the organization
• Lead critical production incidents and drive post-incident learning to improve system resilience
• Own end-to-end delivery of high-impact features, from technical design through deployment and monitoring
• Build relationships with key technology partners and vendors to accelerate innovation

What You Bring:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience building production systems at scale
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud architecture (Azure strongly preferred), and microservices patterns
• Proven track record of prototyping and successfully shipping 0-to-1 products or major features that drove significant business outcomes
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML technologies, including LLMs, embeddings, RAG architectures, or AI agent frameworks
• Strong proficiency in C#, SQL Server and .NET ecosystem, with full-stack expertise across modern web applications
• Expert-level understanding of API design, data modeling, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and building highly reliable systems with excellent operational characteristics
• Deep knowledge of security best practices, particularly in regulated industries or handling sensitive data
• Excellence in technical communication—able to articulate complex tradeoffs clearly in writing and presentations
• Track record of mentoring engineers and elevating team capabilities through technical leadership

Essential Attributes:

• Entrepreneurial mindset: You thrive in ambiguity and turn constraints into creative solutions
• Product thinking: You understand that great engineering serves customer and business needs
• High agency: Demonstrated capability to get solutions from concept to production in 30-45 days. You identify opportunities and execute without waiting for perfect instructions
• Technical depth with business acumen: You balance technical excellence with pragmatic delivery
• Collaborative leadership: You influence through expertise, not authority, and build strong cross-functional relationships
• Intellectual curiosity: You're energized by learning new technologies and exploring innovative approaches
• Ownership mentality: You take pride in your work and responsibility for outcomes
• Results-oriented: You're driven to ship products that matter and move key metrics

Our Tech Stack:

• Azure Cloud Services such as Functions, App Services, Service Bus, Event Grid, Document Intelligence and Storage
• C#, .NET 8, SQL
• JavaScript, Blazor
• Terraform

What We Offer:

Foxen's Staff Engineer, you'll receive a highly competitive compensation package commensurate with the strategic importance of this role, including base salary, performance bonuses, and equity participation in Foxen's growth. Our comprehensive benefits package includes your choice of three health insurance plans, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, HSA accounts with company match, company paid and voluntary life and AD&D insurance, FSA-Dependent Care Accounts, generous Paid Time Off, paid holidays, and a 401k with 4% company match. This is a full-time exempt position. Limited travel may be required for strategic meetings, team offsites, or industry events.

Beyond compensation and benefits, you'll have:

•Direct impact: Your work will directly shape Foxen's next phase of growth and market leadership

•Executive partnership: Close collaboration with the CTO and executive team on company strategy

•Technical freedom: Autonomy to make bold technical decisions and innovate without bureaucracy

•Career growth: This role is designed for someone ready to step into principal engineer or director-level technical leadership

•Mission alignment: The opportunity to revolutionize an industry and create genuine value for customers

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.