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Our agents automate loan servicing, compliance, collections, recovery, insurance claims, and disputes for banks, captives, and specialty lenders.\nWe are:\nBacked by a16z and Y Combinator, with $75M raised in Series A funding\n\nCash flow positive and profitable, with mid eight figure ARR achieved in under two years\n\nAlready serving more than 20% of the auto lending industry\n\nProcessing millions of real customer calls and transactions every day\n\nFully deployed in production with major financial institutions\n\nActively expanding into new financial services segments\n\nBuilding together in person in San Francisco\n\nWe are deeply integrated with our customers, own the full technology stack, and move quickly to bring modern AI into regulated industries where precision, reliability, and performance matter.\nAbout the Role\nWe are looking for a frontend focused Full Stack Engineer to build powerful, intuitive product experiences that help users understand and act on complex data.\nYou will primarily own our frontend systems and user experience while working across APIs, backend services, data models, and infrastructure when needed to deliver complete solutions. 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