Valon’s mission is to empower every homeowner. We believe the journey of home ownership starts when you get your keys, but lasts far beyond. We’re creating a world where home ownership comes with ease, security, and financial know-how. Our growing team of engineers, operators, product enthusiasts, and experienced servicing professionals are leveraging technology to fundamentally improve the homeownership experience. Through mortgage servicing—the process of paying off one’s mortgage—Valon is taking the first step in transforming the industry one homeowner, and lender, at a time.

Engineering at Valon

We 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.

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, 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 architecture design.
Define and evangelize new processes to make your team more effective and deliver an outsized impact.
Push for continuous improvements and innovation using data-driven decisions.
Partner with other engineering leaders to build a cohesive engineering culture and direction for Valon overall.

Ideal Background

At least 2+ years of engineering management experience.
At least 4+ years of software engineering experience.
Demonstrated track record of building and empowering long lasting teams.
Experience working in a highly complex and technical environment.
Experience working in a fast paced and ambiguous startup environment.
Passion for providing the biggest impact with inventive resource planning.
Good written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrates excellent judgment, problem solving, and decision making.

Benefits

Base Salary Range: $190,000 - $230,000
Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
Flexible sick and vacation days
Monthly lunch stipends (groceries qualify!)
Commuter benefits
MacBook, custom accessories, ergonomic equipment
Support for H1B, TN, and E-3 Visa change of employer transfers

This Base Compensation pay range applies to our New York City located staff and may differ according to location.

New York Base Compensation Pay Range

$190,000—$230,000 USD

Throughout the interview process, please remember that emails will only be from valon.com emails. We won't ever be asking for any personally identifiable information during the interview process itself. Please reach out to talent@valon.com if you have any requests to verify the authenticity of an outreach.

Valon 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. Valon makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

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