Engineering at Valon

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. We come from companies like Google, Facebook, Spotify, Oscar Health, and Twilio. You’ll join a small, tight-knit group of engineers who are developing flexible backend architecture to accurately handle billions of dollars at scale. In addition, our team of engineers is fulfilling Valon’s mission by creating a great user experience to help homeowners manage their mortgages through a platform that delivers new features quickly and with quality. Our tech stack is built on Python, React, Docker, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform.

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

Ideal Background

• 4 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

Benefits

• Base Compensation Band: $175,000 - $205,000
• Compensation; competitive salary with a meaningful stake in the company via equity and our performance bonus program 
• Health & well-being; we’ll invest in your physical and mental well-being with comprehensive medical, dental, & vision benefits, One medical membership, and Talkspace to provide mental health support
• Food & meal allowance; in-office snacks, drinks, Tuesday dinners, and $400 monthly stipend towards your lunches or groceries 
• Grow together; learning & development opportunities including regular review cycles that feature 360 degree feedback 
• Equipment; we’ll provide you with the equipment you need to be successful and a one-time $200 stipend for your initial desk setup 
• Generous time off; paid time off, uncapped sick days, and 11 company holidays 
• Baby bonding time!; 3 months off for birthing parents and 2 months off for non-birthing parents - fully paid so you can focus your energy on your newest addition