Senior Software Engineer
AI summary of the role
Senior Software Engineer at Valon, an AI-native operating system for regulated finance (mortgage servicing).
What you’ll do
- 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
- Learn new concepts and technologies quickly and apply them to challenging problems
What you’ll bring
- 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 web application development, mobile application development, large-scale distributed systems, or infrastructure management
Technologies
Python · React · Docker · Kubernetes · Google Cloud Platform
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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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
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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 ...] ubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform. We have offices in New York City and San Francisco. Plus, we fully support remote work! Location: New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Remote. 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. Abl [... 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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