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Staff Software Engineer

Valon· Engineering
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Hybrid (New York), Hybrid (San Francisco), Hybrid (Remote)$255k - $300kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Staff Software Engineer at Valon, a leading AI platform for mortgage servicing. Hybrid role with remote options in New York, San Francisco, or other locations. Focus on building scalable backend infrastructure, collaborating with Product and Design, and ensuring compliance with regulations in a fast-paced fintech environment.

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

Qualifications

  • 7+ 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 one or more of the following: web application development, mobile application development, building large-scale distributed systems, or infrastructure management
  • Time management skills that will maximize efficiency in a fast-paced startup environment

Skills

Required:Software engineeringCommunicationCross-functional collaborationSystem design
Nice to have:Regulatory/fintech domain knowledge

Benefits

  • Compensation: competitive salary with a meaningful stake in the company via equity, and 401(k) plan.
  • Health & well-being: comprehensive medical, dental, & vision benefits.
  • Free Food: daily lunch, and dinner provided through Forkable for in-office team members.
  • Commuter benefits: pre-tax deductions for public transit, rideshares, and parking.
  • Grow together: company wide orientation and learning & development opportunities including regular review cycles with 360-degree feedback.
  • Play together: quarterly budgets for team and company outings.
  • Generous time off: flexible paid time off with no annual limit, sick days, and 11 company holidays.
  • Baby bonding time: 12 weeks of fully paid leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents.
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Valon

The AI-native operating system for mortgage servicing. Building a better foundation for the American Dream.

Mortgage servicingAI-native operating systemRegulated financeRegulated workflowsPlatformValonOS
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