Engineering Manager
AI summary of the role
Valon is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead 4+ engineers across one or more teams, partnering with product, design, and operations to build the future of Valon's AI-native mortgage servicing platform.
What you’ll do
- Lead 4+ engineers across one or more teams, partnering with product, design, and operations.
- Develop and execute R&D strategy to solve business problems that directly impact homeowners.
- Build and develop a high-performing engineering team through mentorship and guidance.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, including coding and architecture design.
What you’ll bring
- Tech Lead or Engineering Management experience preferred.
- At least 4+ years of software engineering experience.
- Demonstrated track record of building and empowering long-lasting teams.
- Experience in a highly complex and technical environment.
About Valon
AI-native operating system (ValonOS) for regulated finance, starting with mortgage servicing — automating compliance, escrow, loss mitigation, and payoff workflows.
Series C · 200–500 people
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get a lot of autonomy so that you can learn quickly, execute effectively, and deliver the highest level of business impact. We have offices in New York City and San Francisco. Plus, we fully support remote work! About the Role We’re looking for an engineering manager to support Valon’s growing engineering team. In this role, you’ll lead 4+ engineers across one or more teams, working closely with your reports and partnering with product, design, and operations to build the future of Valon. You’ll empower your team through mentorship, defining long term strategy, strong technical leadership, business acumen, and more to ensure maximum impact and business value. You’ll also work closely with your peers to set the engineering culture and direction at Valon. Responsibilities You are responsible for ensuring the successful business outcomes of your team. Partner with product managers,
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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. Engineering at Valon Our engineering team is here to power the software ecosystem to disrupt one of the most outdated and regulated spaces in the financial sector - the mortgage industry. We’ve built out the foundation of a modern [... source excerpt omitted ...] leadership, business acumen, and more to ensure maximum impact and business value. You’ll also work closely with your peers to set the engineering culture and direction at Valon. Responsibilities You are responsible for ensuring the successful business outcomes of your team. Partner with product managers, designers, and operations to develop and successfully execute the R&D strategy to solve business problems that directly impact homeowners. Build and develop an incredibly talented team of driven, high performing engineers. Set a high standard for your team with strong technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship. This is a hands-on role that will require some coding and archit [... source excerpt omitted ...] rigin, 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.
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