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Sr Software Engineer, Product

Salient· Engineering
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SF Headquarters$200k - $260kFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Senior software engineer focused on building and scaling Salient's AI-powered loan servicing platform, owning 0→1 MVP development and 1→10 growth, across frontend and backend to improve payment processing, fraud prevention, and customer support.

Responsibilities

  • Develop complete features across both frontend and backend layers of our application
  • Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code with appropriate test coverage
  • Troubleshoot and debug complex issues across the technology stack
  • Optimize application performance and scalability
  • Own both product manager and software engineer responsibilities
  • Balance technical considerations with user needs and business goals
  • Incorporate customer feedback into product and features

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience
  • Strong Python proficiency
  • Proven track record of shipping user-focused products
  • Excellence in cross-functional collaboration and communication
  • Deep empathy for user needs and passion for user experience
  • Enjoy being hacky - getting something out to the customer as soon as possible
  • Experience building scalable systems
  • We’re hiring for full stack and backend roles
  • Ability to work 4 days a week from our San Francisco office (open to candidates willing to relocate)

Skills

Required:PythonFrontend and Backend developmentProduct and software engineering ownershipSystems design / scalable architecture

Benefits

  • medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • generous 401(k)
  • catered lunches
Last updated Jul 29, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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AI Servicing for Auto Lenders

Salient is an AI workflow automation tool for lenders. We're working with the largest auto lenders in America and are hiring!

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