Staff Software Engineer

Valon is building the AI-native operating system for regulated finance, starting with mortgage servicing. We're a Series C company backed by a16z, transforming industries that others have written off as too complex to innovate. Rather than build on top of broken legacy systems, we built and operate our own mortgage servicing business managing $110+ billion in loans to deeply understand the complexity needed to build software that actually works in regulated industries. We've transformed mortgage servicing from a 0% margin business into 60%+ margins while dramatically improving customer experience. ValonOS is our unified platform that makes every process structured and programmable, perfectly positioned for the AI era.

About the role

We are building a world-class engineering team to automate one of the most regulated spaces in the financial sector—the mortgage and housing industry. You’ll join a small, tight-knit group of engineers developing flexible backend architecture to accurately handle billions of dollars at scale while creating a great user experience for homeowners. Our tech stack includes Python, React, Docker, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform. We have headquarters in New York City, a new office opening in San Francisco, and fully support remote work.

Responsibilities

• Learn new concepts and technologies quickly and apply them to challenging problems
• Design and build robust and extensible infrastructure to handle evolving and complex federal, state, and agency regulations
• Dive deep to understand the inner workings of a highly complex industry
• Work with Product and Design to define the best experience for our customers

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience building quality software applications at scale
• Strong communicator able to work cross-functionally to balance product and technical requirements
• Experience building scalable systems from scratch with a fast turnaround
• Experience with one or more of the following: web application development, mobile application development, building large-scale distributed systems, or infrastructure management
• Time management skills that maximize efficiency in a fast-paced startup environment

Benefits

• Competitive salary with a meaningful stake in the company via equity, and 401k plan
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Pre-tax commuter benefits for public transportation, rideshare services, and parking
• Quarterly budgets for team and company outings
• Flexible paid time off, sick days, and 11 company holidays
• 12 weeks of fully paid baby bonding time for both birthing and non-birthing parents
• Company-wide orientation and learning & development opportunities, including regular 360-degree feedback review cycles

Pay

Compensation range: $255K - $300K