Staff iOS Engineer, Valon Mortgage
Consumer
$150-265k
+ Equity ownership
Transforming $25B+ mortgage servicing market with software
Be an early applicant
Transforming $25B+ mortgage servicing market with software
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$150-265k
+ Equity ownership
201-500 employees
Company mission
To champion homeowners on their financial journey, as the partner they trust with their home and future.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep expertise in Swift and the modern iOS ecosystem
- A track record of building and shipping polished, high-impact iOS products at scale, ideally in a fast-paced environment
- Experience building mobile apps 0 to 1 from initial designs and infrastructure through to production deployment
- Experience defining architecture and technical direction for complex mobile applications
- Clear, structured communicator — able to drive alignment across Product, Design, and Backend engineering
- Strong product instincts and the ability to balance elegant UX with system constraints and regulatory requirements
- Experience with mobile-backend integration, offline-first design, security best practices, or distributed systems is a plus
- Ownership mindset — thrives in ambiguity, moves quickly, and is passionate about delivering end-to-end impact
What the job involves
- Lead the design and development of Valon’s flagship iOS app, driving the technical vision, architectural direction, and long-term mobile roadmap
- Own major user-facing surfaces, ensuring we deliver a fast, intuitive, and reliable experience to borrowers nationwide
- Architect robust, extensible, and secure mobile systems that gracefully handle evolving federal, state, and agency regulations
- Work cross-functionally with Product, Design, Backend, and Data to deliver delightful and compliant customer experiences
- Mentor and level up other engineers, influencing best practices, code quality, and engineering culture
- Dive deep into the mortgage ecosystem, developing an expert-level understanding of payments, escrow, compliance workflows, and loan lifecycle events
- Champion mobile performance, testing strategy, and reliability, advocating for high standards and strong engineering rigor
Our take
Valon is attempting to bring smoother, clearer customer service to the often unsophisticated industry of mortgage services. Its cloud-native mobile platform allows borrowers to make payments and manage escrow accounts while avoiding time-consuming call centers, inaccurate information and poorly designed websites. In turn, lenders can use the platform to request API feeds to gather information on customer performance.
The company is aiming to disrupt and bring down the costs in a market that it sees as heavily monopolized, and which is largely devoid of customer-oriented innovation. Currently, mortgage servicing giant Black Knight controls over half of all residential loans in the US, the result of which has seen a 250% increase in servicing costs in the last decade.
Valon's growth so far has been remarkable. The company went from zero contracts in 2019 to $65 billion in mortgages in 2024, with a 400% year-on-year growth. Its remarkable growth attracted over $169 million in funding in 2024. On top of this boost, it has further diversified its capabilities to include servicing government-sponsored home loans from the Federal National Mortgage Association.
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Insights
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Oct 2024
$100m
SERIES C
Jul 2024
$69.8m
LATE VC
Total funding: $348.8m
Company benefits
- Fully Covered Healthcare Premiums on Zero Deductible Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans
- Flexible Sick Days
- Equity Packages
- Generous Vacation Policy + Multiple Company Holidays
- Provided Laptop, Custom Acessories, and Ergonomic Equipment
- Commuter Benefits
- Paid Parental Leave
- Unlimited Snacks and Drinks
Company HQ
Union Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Andrew Wang
(CEO & Co-Founder)Studied Computer Science at Harvard. Interned as a Software Engineer at The White House, and Google. Was an Analyst at Goldman Sachs. Spent 4 years as a Principal to Soros Fund Management.
Linda Du
(COO)Studied Computer Science and Statistics at Harvard. Worked at Samlyn Capital and Two Sigma prior to joining Valon.
Jake Mintz
(CPO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University. Co-founded Bump Technologies which was acquired by Google.
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