Engineering Manager, Valon Mortgage
Platform, Cloud Infrastructure
$190-290k
+ Equity
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
$190-290k
+ Equity
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
- 4+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 1+ years in a tech lead or engineering management role
- Experience working on infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud systems
- Strong systems thinking and understanding of how backend and infrastructure layers interact
- Track record of leading teams in fast-paced, high-growth environments
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow engineers while fostering a high-performance, feedback-driven team culture
- Excellent communication skills and ability to align cross-functional partners around platform strategy
- Hands-on experience with cloud providers (e.g., AWS, GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and distributed systems
- A strong product mindset and the ability to translate business problems into scalable technical solutions
What the job involves
- We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Cloud Infrastructure efforts on the Platform team.
- In this role, you’ll manage and grow a high-impact team responsible for the foundational infrastructure powering all of Valon’s products.
- You’ll work across all our production systems (compute, databases, storage, and networking)—ensuring our platform is scalable, secure, and reliable.
- We handle over 100mm background jobs per day and expect to scale >10x over the next 2 years. Some example projects on the roadmap:
- Adopt new data stores that support our growth: Vitess, Clickhouse, Redis
- Scale our batch processing control plane for faster component creation and fulfillment
- Production-equivalent sandbox environment for customer testing, demos, etc
- You’ll operate with a product management mindset, balancing near-term priorities with long-term platform vision.
- You’ll partner closely with engineering, product, and operations to define and deliver cross-cutting infrastructure initiatives.
- This is a hands-on leadership role—you’ll guide architecture decisions, write code when needed, and deeply understand how our systems work
- You'll also be a people-first leader, focused on recruiting, coaching, giving feedback, and helping engineers thrive through 360° feedback and continuous development
- Lead a team of 5+ engineers focused on infrastructure and platform tooling
- Own technical strategy, planning, and execution for core platform initiatives, with an emphasis on scalability, reliability, and security
- Act as a strong technical mentor and hands-on contributor when needed—guiding architecture, writing code, and debugging systems
- Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, product, and operations to build infrastructure that unlocks product innovation and operational excellence
- Establish and evolve engineering processes for continuous improvement, velocity, and quality
- Invest in recruiting and developing engineering talent through coaching, mentorship, and ongoing feedback (including 360 feedback)
- Promote a high-agency, high-accountability team culture with a bias for action and clear communication
- Advocate for technical excellence and pragmatic decision-making, grounded in deep system knowledge
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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