Engineering Manager

About the role

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Valon is the leading AI platform for mortgage servicing, building the AI-native operating system for regulated finance.

Before providing the system of record that powers the entire industry, we built and ran our own mortgage servicer on it. That gave us a real regulated environment to prove our technology could replace the mainframe systems servicers have used for decades. Carrington acquired that servicer and adopted ValonOS as its core platform, allowing us to focus entirely on scaling our SaaS platform.

ValonOS is now on track to power 1 in 6 U.S. mortgages across major mortgage servicers like Newrez, Carrington, and ServiceMac. Every process on the platform is structured and programmable, enabling our AI agents to perform core servicing work, like handling payments, escrow, and homeowner questions, directly within the system's controls.

We recently raised a $150 million Series D at a $2.3 billion valuation by new investor Ribbit Capital, with continued support from existing backer a16z, amongst others.

ENGINEERING AT VALON

Our engineering team is here to power the software ecosystem to disrupt one of the most outdated and regulated spaces in the financial sector - the mortgage industry. We’ve built out the foundation of a modern mortgage servicing platform that can accurately handle billions of dollars at scale, but we’re just getting started. At Valon, we want you to do the best work of your life. You'll be surrounded by a tight-knit community of exceptional people from places like Stripe, Jane Street, Meta, and Google who care deeply about their work and each other. Our problem space is complex, but you’ll get a lot of autonomy so that you can learn quickly, execute effectively, and deliver the highest level of business impact.

We have offices in New York City and San Francisco. Plus, we fully support remote work!

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.