Legal Counsel, Valon Mortgage
$170-200k
+ Equity program
3 days a week in office
AI-native operating system for mortgage servicing
Job no longer available
AI-native operating system for mortgage servicing
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$170-200k
+ Equity program
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To power the future of homeownership with modern servicing technology.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a junior attorney from a top law firm who wants to do real legal and operational work years earlier than Big Law typically allows
- If you’re motivated by responsibility, energized by difficult problems, and excited to help architect the legal infrastructure of a high-velocity technology company, you’ll thrive here
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree (or foreign equivalent) from a leading law school
- Admitted in New York, or eligible to waive in
- ~1–4 years at a top law firm with substantive exposure to corporate, commercial, or complex regulatory matters (ideally a mix)
- Exceptional written and verbal communication with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong legal drafting skills and ability to articulate business and risk implications clearly
- Demonstrated ability to interpret complex statutes, regulations, and supervisory guidance
- Researcher with a bias toward actionable synthesis, not academic analysis
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail—especially in precision-critical contexts
- Comfort with financial concepts necessary to evaluate commercial terms
- Thrives in high-ownership environments with minimal bureaucracy
- Comfortable balancing urgency with uncompromising precision in regulated domains
- Energized by ambiguity, complexity, and solving hard problems with smart people
- Views legal as a product-enablement function, not a back-office gatekeeper
- Enjoys fast pace, honest feedback, and a culture that rewards initiative and impact
- If you want breadth, speed, and visible impact, and you want to grow faster in three years here than in ten years elsewhere, this role is for you
What the job involves
- You will be the third member of Valon’s technology legal team and will help build the legal foundation for the AI-native operating system for regulated finance
- This is not a traditional in-house support role
- You’ll operate as a true partner to product, engineering, compliance, and leadership as we scale a system of record in one of the most complex and tightly regulated industries in the world
- This is a high-ownership generalist role
- You’ll manage and prioritize a large volume of matters, shift between fast execution and meticulous precision, and develop judgment on how to balance both in environments where correctness is non-negotiable
- You will move between structured, detail-heavy workflows and open-ended, first-principles problems
- Your work will span commercial negotiations, product and AI-related regulatory analysis, corporate governance, and cross-functional legal strategy
- The surface area is unusually broad for this stage in a legal career—and intentionally so
- In a company defined by complexity, your ability to learn quickly, synthesize ambiguity, and build durable systems will matter more than years of experience
- Own negotiation and drafting for high-impact commercial agreements, including multi-million-dollar enterprise partnerships for ValonOS
- Build contracting processes and operational guardrails that enable the company to scale with both speed and precision
- Lead complex regulatory and compliance initiatives from design through implementation
- Become a trusted advisor on the frameworks governing AI, data, and financial products
- Monitor evolving federal and state law to ensure Valon remains ahead of a rapidly shifting landscape
- Develop training and compliance programs that scale across teams
- Translate emerging AI, data, and mortgage-servicing regulations into product and operational requirements—directly shaping how Valon builds and deploys the system of record for regulated finance
- Work directly with senior leadership on board governance, financings, audits, and strategic projects that influence Valon’s trajectory
- Drive cross-functional legal projects as business needs evolve in a fast-growing environment
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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