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This wasn't the end goal, it was how we deeply understood the complexity needed to build software that actually works in regulated industries.\nThe 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.\nValonOS 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.\nEngineering at Valon\nWe 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.\nWe have offices in New York City and San Francisco. Plus, we fully support remote work!\nResponsibilities\nLearn new concepts and technologies quickly and apply them to challenging problems\n\nDesign and build robust and extensible infrastructure to handle evolving and complex federal, state, and agency regulations\n\nDive deep to understand the inner workings of a highly complex industry\n\nWork with Product and Design to define the best experience for our customers\n\nIdeal Background\n7+ years of software engineering experience building quality software applications at scale\n\nStrong communicator\n\nAble to work cross-functionally to balance product and technical requirements\n\nGreat at building scalable systems from scratch with a fast turnaround\n\nExperience with one or more of the following: web application development, mobile application development, building large-scale distributed systems, or infrastructure management\n\nTime management skills that will maximize efficiency in a fast-paced startup environment\n\nBenefits\nCompensation: competitive salary with a meaningful stake in the company via equity, and 401k plan. 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Use it for team swag, cooking classes, or team dinners!\n\nGenerous time off: flexible paid time off, sick days, and 11 company holidays\n\nBaby bonding time!: 12 weeks off for both birthing and non-birthing parents - fully paid so you can focus your energy on your newest addition\n\nThroughout the interview process, please remember that emails will only be from valon.com email addresses. We will never ask for any personally identifiable information during the interview process itself. Please reach out to  if you have any requests to verify the authenticity of an outreach.\nValon 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. 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