PENNYMAC

Pennymac (NYSE: PFSI) is a specialty financial services firm with a comprehensive mortgage platform and integrated business focused on the production and servicing of U.S. mortgage loans and the management of investments related to the U.S. mortgage market. 

At Pennymac, our people are the foundation of our success and at the heart of our dynamic work culture. Together, we work towards a unified goal of helping millions of Americans achieve aspirations of homeownership through the complete mortgage journey.

A Typical Day

The Software Architect will assess the needs and challenges of a client and formulate the technical roadmap and technology solution that will support their business strategies and goals. As the Software Architect, you will develop and manage relationships with internal and external technology partners to deliver projects on time, on budget, and with quality.

The Software Architectwill:

• Communicate and collaborate with product managers and technology teams to design and build secure, large-scale distributed event-based systems in AWS.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with product managers, architects. technical leads, and business stakeholders for individual products and applications.
• Drive solutions architecture design and ownership; articulate architecture solution options to the product owners and technology leadership.
• Ensure technology decisions align with architecture standards and strategies.
• Build consensus around architectural decisions to provide a stable, testable, secure and scalable product.
• Provide technical guidance to peers on best practices, recommend appropriate technologies to use and provide coverage on the latest technology trends.
• Work with dev-ops team to ensure a continuous delivery of the product using agile methodology
• Lead and participate in code reviews.
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues.

What You’ll Bring

• Proficiency with latest UI frameworks. (React, NextJS, Webpack, State Management)
• Microservices built using AWS Native Serverless stack. (API Gateway, Kinesis, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, Step Functions, Lambda, AppSync, DynamoDB, and S3)
• Experience building out modern CI/CD pipelines using AWS CDK and GitLab CI.
• Experience developing and reviewing code written in modern programming languages.
• Hands on experience in using Data Structures and algorithms, programming languages like JavaScript, TypeScript, Python etc.
• Ability to troubleshoot, research, and work through complex problems.
• Ability to communicate technical issues clearly and to present data concisely.
• Must be attentive to detail, flexible, and able to work concurrently on multiple initiatives.

• FinTech or Mortgage Domain knowledge.
• Experience in Agile/SCRUM using Jira.
• Experience with feature flagging and service/api semantic versioning.

• 10 years of experience in developing and architecting enterprise-class, distributed software solutions.
• 5 years of AWS experience.

Why You Should Join

As one of the top mortgage lenders in the country, Pennymac has helped over 4 million lifetime homeowners achieve and sustain their aspirations of home. Our vision is to be the most trusted partner for home. Together, 4,000 Pennymac team members across the country are guided by our core values: to be Accountable, Reliable and Ethical in all that we do. 

Pennymac is committed to conducting a business that makes positive contributions and promotes long-term sustainable growth and to fostering an equitable and inclusive environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. 

Benefits That Bring It Home: Whether you're looking for flexible benefits for today, setting up short-term goals for tomorrow, or planning for long-term success and retirement, Pennymac's benefits have you covered. Some key benefits include: 

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Paid Time Off Programs including vacation, holidays, illness, and parental leave 
• Wellness Programs, Employee Recognition Programs, and onsite gyms and cafe style dining (select locations)
• Retirement benefits, life insurance, 401k match, and tuition reimbursement 
• Philanthropy Programs including matching gifts, volunteer grants, charitable grants and corporate sponsorships

To learn more about our benefits visit: https://pennymacnews.page.link/benefits

Compensation: Individual salary may vary based on multiple factors including specific role, geographic location / market data, and skills and experience as defined below:

• Lower in range - Building skills and experience in the role
• Mid-range - Experience and skills align with proficiency in the role 
• Higher in range - Experience and skills add value above typical requirements of the role 

Some roles may be eligible for performance-based compensation and/or stock-based incentives awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. 

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