Founder Associate, Valon Mortgage
$110-200k
+ Equity
AI-native operating system for mortgage servicing
Be an early applicant
AI-native operating system for mortgage servicing
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$110-200k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To power the future of homeownership with modern servicing technology.
Role
Who you are
- 0–8 years of experience — you might be coming from a top consulting firm (MBB), a high-growth startup, an early-stage CoS role, or a rotational program. What matters more than pedigree is evidence of exceptional output and high agency
- Generalist by nature — you're the person who picks up new domains fast, whether it's mortgage servicing economics, AI deployment strategy, or org design
- High agency and low ego — you volunteer for the unglamorous work, you don't wait for permission, and you'd rather ship something imperfect today than perfect it next month
- Strong written communicator — you can write a crisp one-pager, a persuasive Slack message, or a detailed process doc with equal fluency
- AI-native — you already use AI tools daily to amplify your work. You think in terms of "how do I automate this" before "how do I do this manually."
- Based in New York — this role is hybrid and requires in-person presence
What the job involves
- We're hiring a Founder Associate to work directly with Valon's COO and executive team on the highest-leverage problems facing the company
- This is not a traditional strategy & ops role — it's a generalist seat for someone with uncommon judgment, high agency, and the ability to context-switch across wildly different problem types in a single week
- One day you're modeling the economics of a new client deployment
- The next you're redesigning an internal process that's breaking at scale
- The day after you're drafting a board-ready memo or sitting in a client meeting helping close a deal
- You won't specialize — you'll go wherever the most important unsolved problem is
- This role is designed for someone early in their career who wants to compress a decade of operating experience into a few years by working at the center of gravity of a fast-scaling company
- Own critical cross-functional projects end-to-end — scoping, stakeholder alignment, execution, and delivery. These will span client deployments, internal operations, pricing, AI enablement, and whatever else matters most right now
- Be the COO's force multiplier — synthesize information across teams, prepare materials for executive and board-level decisions, and flag problems before they become crises
- Build new functions from 0 → 1 — when Valon needs something that doesn't exist yet (a process, a team, a system), you'll be the person who figures out what good looks like and stands it up
- Use AI as a default tool — you regularly use Claude Code or similar agentic coding tools to automate your own workflows, analyze data, and move at a pace that would be impossible without AI fluency
- Navigate ambiguity with confidence — you won't get detailed briefs or clear swim lanes. You'll get context, constraints, and trust
Our take
The mortgage servicing market is huge but surprisingly outdated. In the US alone, it covers roughly $13T in mortgages, yet many servicers still use legacy systems and manual processes to manage payments, compliance and customer support. Because mortgage servicing involves complex regulations and many exceptions, these older systems can be inefficient and costly to run, creating a strong opportunity for modern technology to improve how the industry operates.
Valon is trying to modernize this space with ValonOS, an AI-native operating system built specifically for mortgage servicing. The platform doesn't just store loan data, it also captures the rules and workflows behind servicing decisions. This allows companies to automate routine processes, improve visibility into operations, and manage compliance more easily. To prove the system works, Valon has also built and run its own large mortgage servicing business on the platform.
The company has gained strong backing from major industry players too. Investor Rithm Capital Corp. plans to roll out Valon's technology to over 4M homeowners through Newrez, one of the largest US mortgage servicers. If this rollout succeed, it could demonstrate that modern, AI-driven systems can operate at industry scale and potentially reshape mortgage servicing.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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
- Compensation: You’ll receive a highly competitive compensation package with room to grow.
- Time Away: We offer a generous PTO program, sick time, and company holidays.
- Flexible Work: Remote, hybrid, or in-office. We’ve got it all and aim for you to work where it works. Where possible, we offer geographic flexibility.
- Health Benefits: Health, dental, and vision insurance are all company-sponsored to keep you healthy and strong.
- Parental Leave: Birthing and non-birthing parents receive 12 weeks of fully paid time to welcome a new child.
Company HQ
Union Square, New York, NY
Leadership
Andrew Wang
(Co-Founder & CEO)Andrew studied Computer Science at Harvard before interning as a Software Engineer at The White House and Google. He was also an Analyst at Goldman Sachs and spent 4 years as a Principal to Soros Fund Management.
Linda Du
(COO)Linda studied Computer Science and Statistics at Harvard. She then worked at Samlyn Capital and Two Sigma prior to co-founding Valon in 2020.
Jake Mintz
(CPO)Prior to joining Valon in 2024, Jake was the Head of Product, Consumer at Stipe. He also spent 7 years at Google as a Product Lead, Camera (Android/Google Pixel, Head of Product, VR/AR (Media, Communications) and as the Head of Product, Business Management.
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