Engineering professionals in Real estate technology
Three of these real estate technology engineering leaders are current senior directors at JLL or Technology by JLL; the other seven hold or held director-level engineering titles at Zillow, CoStar Group, Yardi, Realpage, Roofstock, Veros Real Estate Solutions and PURE HomeRiver Property Management. They suit buyers weighing reliability, delivery and running costs in valuation, property management or real estate investing software.
Professionals to explore
Ajay Patel
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Veros Real Estate Solutions (Veros)
Ajay Patel has been Director of Engineering at Veros Real Estate Solutions (Veros) since 2025; as Sr. Software Development Manager there (2018–2025), Ajay was responsible for directing the architecture, development and maintenance of 7 real estate valuation SaaS applications. Ajay also held Director of Application Development at Paul Hastings (2016–2018), VP of Software Development at RES.NET Corporation (2012–2016) and Software Development Manager at EQUATOR®, An Altisource Business Unit (2009–2012), and suits questions on maintaining several valuation apps.
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Chuck Manly, D.Eng.
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Affordable & Public Housing Enterprise SaaS Business Unit Leader · Yardi
Chuck Manly, D.Eng. was Senior Director Product Development Enterprise SaaS Engineering Leader at Yardi (2019–2025) and has been Vice President, Affordable & Public Housing Enterprise SaaS Business Unit Leader there since 2025, with Director of Product Development titles at Yardi (2011–2019 and 2006–2007). Chuck describes leading product, engineering, implementation and support for a $250M+ enterprise SaaS business serving affordable and public housing, so delivery and cost questions for housing software fit.
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Emanuel Kadziela
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Software Engineering · Zillow
From 2023 to 2026 Emanuel Kadziela was Director of Software Engineering at Zillow, and Vice President of Engineering at Spruce (2021–2023); Emanuel describes pivoting the Spruce platform after Zillow acquired Spruce. Other titles are Vice President of Engineering at Kuebix | by FreightWise (2017–2021) and Senior Director, Engineering at OANDA (2013–2017) and Currensee (2008–2013), so questions on platform modernization after an acquisition fit.
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Joe Randall
LinkedInExperience: Former Director of Engineering · MAAR Tech
Joe Randall was Director of Engineering at MAAR Tech (2023–2024) and has been Senior Director of Engineering at Technology by JLL since 2024. At MAAR Tech, Joe described leading the engineering team that develops Tabula CRE, a real estate asset management SaaS product, and held Technical Lead (2022–2023), Senior Software Engineer (2021–2022) and Software Engineer (2018–2021) titles there, so asset management SaaS delivery questions fit.
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Moiz Bhukhiya
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Software Engineering · Technology by JLL
At Technology by JLL, Moiz Bhukhiya has been Senior Director of Software Engineering since 2022 and was Software Engineering Manager (2021–2022). Moiz also held Software Engineering Manager at Copart (2017–2021), and Director of Product Development (2014–2017) and Application Development Lead (2014) at EquityMetrix Technologies, a mix that fits questions on growing a software engineering team inside JLL's technology group.
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Neelanshu Goyal
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Realpage
Building and scaling AI-powered products is how Neelanshu Goyal, Director of Engineering at Realpage since 2025, describes the work. Neelanshu was Senior Engineering Manager (2024–2025) and Engineering AI Team Lead (2023–2024) at Rexera (A RealPage Company), Head of Engineering at Savage (2023) and Senior Software Engineer at UiPath (2020–2023), so questions on adding AI features to property software fit.
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Paul Thormahlen
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Software Engineering · JLL
Paul Thormahlen has been Senior Director, Software Engineering at JLL since 2024 and was Chief Technology Officer at Raise Commercial Real Estate (2022–2024). Zillow titles were Director of Engineering, Mobile (2019–2022), Director of Software Engineering (2017–2019) and Senior Engineering Manager (2015–2017). The CTO seat and the Zillow mobile role make Paul a fit for questions comparing a commercial real estate platform's engineering choices with mobile engineering at Zillow.
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Sergei Akimov
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Roofstock
Platform engineering and property management work at Roofstock are what Sergei Akimov describes leading as Senior Director of Engineering there (since 2025), following Director of Engineering at Roofstock (2024–2025). Sergei's Mynd titles were Director of Engineering (2021–2024), Senior Engineering Manager (2019–2021) and Founding Software Engineer, Engineering Manager (2016–2019), a fit for questions on platform engineering for real estate investing.
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Sonito Mole, Jr.
LinkedInExperience: Director of Software Engineering · PURE HomeRiver Property Management
Director of Software Engineering at PURE HomeRiver Property Management since 2025, Sonito Mole, Jr. held Engineering Manager (2023–2025), Tech Lead Co-Lead Developer (2020–2023), Senior Backend Developer (2018–2020) and Mid-Level Backend Developer (2017–2018) titles at Poplar Homes. In their own words, Sonito has spent over 9 years building mission-critical systems in the property management technology space, which suits questions on systems integration for property managers.
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Vu Pham
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director of Software Engineering · CoStar Group
Since 2022 Vu Pham has been Senior Director of Software Engineering at CoStar Group, with CoStar titles of Director of Application Development (2019–2022) and Senior Technical Manager (2011–2019), plus Technical Manager (2006–2011) and Senior Software Engineer (2003–2006) at LoopNet. Vu describes leading the architecture and implementation of high-traffic websites, a fit for questions on keeping busy property sites reliable.
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Choose the right perspective
For valuation and asset management software, Ajay Patel and Joe Randall hold the closest titles, while Sergei Akimov, Sonito Mole, Jr. and Chuck Manly cover property management and housing platforms. Paul Thormahlen and Emanuel Kadziela both held Zillow director titles, and Paul was also CTO at Raise Commercial Real Estate; Neelanshu Goyal is the pick for AI features.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you keep integrations with property management and accounting systems reliable when every client's data looks different?
- 02Which costs grow fastest as a valuation or listings platform adds markets, and what did you do to keep them down?
- 03When shipping a release to property managers, what slows adoption most: data migration, training or integrations?
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