Software Engineer (New Grad)

Why Rate is the BEST Place to Work

Rate is one of the nation’s top retail mortgage lenders, delivering a seamless, tech-driven experience that helps customers reach their homeownership and financial goals. Founded in 2000 and based in Chicago, Rate is licensed in all 50 states and D.C. and has helped over 2 million homeowners with a wide range of loan products, competitive rates and personalized service. With 5,000+ employees across 300+ offices and 12+ subsidiaries, Rate’s Loan Officers rank among the best in the country. From purchases and refinances to tapping into equity, Rate makes financing faster, simpler and less stressful. Our technology — including Same Day Mortgage, the Rate App, FlashClose℠, MyAccount and the Language Access Program — has earned recognition from HousingWire, Scotsman Guide, NerdWallet, the Chicago Tribune and Crain’s Chicago Business. Learn more at rate.com.

What Makes Our Team Awesome

We are a gritty group of passionate technologists on a mission to dominate the mortgage world!

The Information Technology Team within Rate passionately and consistently puts our customers first. We are building the latest technology to help create the best mortgage experience on the planet and get your mortgage, your way, anytime, anywhere. Whether that is improving our digital mortgage platform, automating loan coordination and underwriting processes, or building out the latest marketing and customer engagement platform, we’re doing it all. We build high-performing, self-organized, cross-functional agile teams that operate with minimal hierarchy. Information Technology team members hold themselves and others accountable and live and breathe the tenets of autonomy, mastery, and purpose.

What’s the Role?

We want a software developer who is passionate about coding and learning and applying technologies. You'll collaborate with top-talent designers and developers while working with the latest technologies.

Responsibilities

• Minimally 80% of your time will be hands-on coding - more is better.
• We have a teaching & learning culture, be prepared to learn and apply what you learn.
• Aid in improving standards and practices on your team (source control, testing, deployment, etc).
• Ensure code quality through best practices, code reviews, and testing.
• Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code using modern frameworks.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Work closely with product managers and engineers to create seamless processes and user experiences.
• Communicate technical challenges and solutions effectively.

Qualifications

• Recent college graduate in a degree in computer science or related field
• Proficiency in any of the following programming languages: C#, Java, Python, C++
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve software defects to ensure code quality
• Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, object-oriented programming, database design)
• Familiarity with version control systems (ie git)
• Ability to work in an agile team environment with team meetings, code reviews and planning sessions

Other Useful Details

Employee Type: Full-Time

Pay Range: annual pay + bonus and/or commissions

Location: Remote

Rate Companies is an Equal Opportunity Employer that welcomes and encourages all applicants to apply regardless of age, race, sex, religion, color, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital or parental status, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy or other any other protected characteristic. #LI-Remote

The company offers a comprehensive benefits program to eligible employees, including eligibility to participate in a company-sponsored 401(k); vacation benefits; eligibility for medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug benefits; flexible benefits (e.g., healthcare and/or dependent day care flexible spending accounts); life insurance and death benefits; critical care insurance; personal accidental insurance; commuter benefits; pet insurance; certain time off and leave of absence benefits; well-being benefits (e.g., employee assistance program); and other supplemental benefits (e.g. legal planning assistance; identity theft protection; pet insurance; wellness resources).

Please click this link to learn more about our benefit offerings for Washington State: https://www.rate.com/careers/open-positions/disclosures