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About the Role
Valon is building the AI-native operating system for regulated finance, starting with mortgage servicing. We are seeking engineers to automate one of the most regulated spaces in the financial sector. You'll join a small, tight-knit group of engineers who are developing flexible backend architecture to accurately handle billions of dollars at scale, while also creating a great user experience to help homeowners manage their mortgages through a platform that delivers new features quickly and with quality.
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
- Great at 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 will maximize efficiency in a fast-paced startup environment
Skills
- Python
- React
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Google Cloud Platform
Location
- New York City
- San Francisco
- Remote
Work Type
- Remote
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 7+ years
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary with a meaningful stake in the company via equity, and 401k plan. NB: The base salary range reflects multiple levels. We assess level based on a combination of past experience and interview performance
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, & vision benefits
- Pre-tax deductions for public transportation, rideshare services, and parking expenses
- Company wide orientation for you to successfully onboard
- Learning & development opportunities including regular review cycles that feature 360 degree feedback
- Quarterly budgets for team and company outings
- Flexible paid time off, sick days, and 11 company holidays
- 12 weeks off for both birthing and non-birthing parents - fully paid
About the Company
- 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 took a different approach: we built and operate our own mortgage servicing business managing $110+ billion in loans. This wasn't the end goal, it was how we deeply understood the complexity needed to build software that actually works in regulated industries.
- The results speak for themselves. We've transformed mortgage servicing from a 0% margin business into 60%+ margins while dramatically improving customer experience. Major enterprise contracts are now deploying across the industry.
- ValonOS is our unified platform that makes every process structured and programmable and it is perfectly positioned for the AI era. When everything flows through one system with rich data, AI agents don't just automate tasks, they continuously improve entire operations. Mortgage servicing is just the beginning of our vision to transform regulated industries and beyond.
Equal Opportunity
- Valon is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. Valon makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.