Senior Software Engineer
Role summary
An AI-first fintech startup modernizing the mortgage industry is seeking a Senior to Staff level Software Engineer to join their fully remote US-based team. This role involves shipping production code, owning features end-to-end, and building the core platform infrastructure. Responsibilities include developing AI agents for workflow automation, integrating with third-party lending APIs, architecting and scaling AWS infrastructure, and developing full-stack features. The ideal candidate possesses strong TypeScript/JavaScript skills, extensive AWS experience, expertise in relational database design, and an SRE mindset. Familiarity with AI product development and infrastructure-as-code is a plus.
Role:
Staff/Senior Software Engineer
Work setup:
Remote in U.S.
Salary:
$150k - $300k base
We're an
AI-first fintech startup
on a mission to modernize the mortgage industry. Our platform automates mortgage origination workflows — an industry that still runs on 20-year-old software and costs lenders over $11,000 per loan to originate. We've processed over $85 billion in home loans, recently closed a $30M funding round, and are growing fast. If you want to work on something that touches trillions of dollars in financial assets and has real impact on homebuyers across the US, this is it.
We're a
fully remote team
that moves fast, ships often, and cares deeply about doing great work together.
About the role:
We're looking for a
Senior to Staff level Software Engineer
to help lead development on our core platform. You'll be shipping production code on day one, owning features end-to-end, and working closely with the team to build the infrastructure that powers the future of home lending.
What You'll Work On
- Build and launch complex, multi-step AI agents that automate mortgage operations workflows
- Integrate with third-party lending APIs for document generation, automated underwriting, and fraud prevention
- Architect and scale our job processing infrastructure on AWS
- Develop full-stack features from design through deployment
- Contribute to a highly reliable, observable, low-maintenance infrastructure
Tech Stack:
TypeScript · React · Node/Express · GraphQL/Apollo · PostgreSQL · AWS (ECS, RDS, ElasticCache, Kafka, ElasticSearch) · Terraform · Docker
What We're Looking For:
\*\*Must-haves:\*\*
- Strong TypeScript/JavaScript skills with examples of complex systems built hands-on
- Proven track record of shipping real products end-to-end
- Experience building full-stack web features in a fast-moving environment
- AWS infrastructure experience
- Ability to design and scale complex relational DB schemas
- SRE mindset — you care about reliability, observability, and low operational overhead
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*Visa sponsorship is*
*NOT*
*available. Visa*
*transfers*
*are*
*accepted*
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Nice to have:
- Familiarity with AI product development (evals, experiment design, dataset curation)
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Experience scaling high-throughput distributed systems
- Active GitHub profile
You'll thrive here if you:
- Have a builder/self-starter mentality and own projects from start to finish
- Are product-oriented and think beyond just the code
- Have a keen eye for security (we handle sensitive personal financial data)
- Are excited to mentor and grow less senior engineers
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