Job description
About the Company
Valon’s mission is to empower every homeowner. We believe the journey of home ownership starts when you get your keys, but lasts far beyond. We’re creating a world where home ownership comes with ease, security, and financial know-how. Our growing team of engineers, operators, product enthusiasts, and experienced servicing professionals are leveraging technology to fundamentally improve the homeownership experience. Through mortgage servicing—the process of paying off one’s mortgage—Valon is taking the first step in transforming the industry one homeowner, and lender, at a time.
Engineering at Valon
Our engineering team powers a modern software ecosystem designed to disrupt one of the most outdated and heavily regulated industries in finance: mortgage servicing. We’ve built the foundation of a scalable platform capable of managing billions in assets with precision and reliability. Now we’re focused on scaling infrastructure, improving developer experience, and building high-leverage systems that support rapid product iteration and long-term business growth. We’re a tight-knit, high-agency group of engineers from Stripe, Jane Street, Meta, and Google, and we aim to do the best work of our lives—together.
Our headquarters are in New York City, with a new San Francisco office opening this year. We also fully support remote work.
About the Role
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.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Ideal Background
- 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.
Benefits
- Base Salary Range: $190,000 - $290,000. Base salary is determined by experience, qualifications, and skills.
- Equity & Compensation: Competitive salary with meaningful equity and a 401(k) plan.
- Health & Well-being: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Commuter Benefits: Pre-tax deductions for transportation, rideshare, and parking.
- Growth & Development: Onboarding, career development, and 360° feedback cycles.
- Team Culture: Quarterly budgets for team activities, swag, dinners, and more.
- Time Off: Flexible PTO, sick days, and 11 company holidays.
- Parental Leave: 12 weeks fully paid leave for all new parents.
This Base Compensation pay range applies to our New York City located staff and may differ according to location.
New York Base Compensation Pay Range
$190,000—$290,000 USD
Throughout the interview process, please remember that emails will only be from valon.com emails. We won’t ever be asking for any personally identifiable information during the interview process itself. Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any requests to verify the authenticity of an outreach.
Valon is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. Valon makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
