Engineering Manager - New York, United States - Valon

Valon New York, United States

2 weeks ago

Full time

Description

Engineering at Valon
We are building a world-class engineering team to automate one of the most regulated spaces in the financial sector - the mortgage and housing industry. We come from companies like Google, Facebook, Spotify, Oscar Health, and Twilio. You'll join a small, tight-knit group of engineers who are developing flexible backend architecture to accurately handle billions of dollars at scale. In addition, our team of engineers is fulfilling Valon's mission by creating a great user experience to help homeowners manage their mortgages through a platform that delivers new features quickly and with quality. Our tech stack is built on Python, React, Docker, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform.

About the Role

We're looking for an engineering manager to support Valon's growing engineering team. In this role, you'll lead 4+ engineers across one or more teams, working closely with your reports and partnering with product, design, and operations to build the future of Valon. You'll empower your team through mentorship, defining long term strategy, strong technical leadership, business acumen, and more to ensure maximum impact and business value. You'll also work closely with your peers to set the engineering culture and direction at Valon.

Responsibilities

You are responsible for ensuring the successful business outcomes of your team.

Partner with product managers, designers, and operations to develop and successfully execute the R&D strategy to solve business problems that directly impact homeowners.

Build and develop an incredibly talented team of driven, high performing engineers.

Set a high standard for your team with strong technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship. This is a hands-on role that will require some coding and architecture design.

Define and evangelize new processes to make your team more effective and deliver an outsized impact.

Push for continuous improvements and innovation using data-driven decisions.

Partner with other engineering leaders to build a cohesive engineering culture and direction for Valon overall.

Ideal Background

Tech Lead or Engineering Management experience preferred.

At least 4+ years of software engineering experience.

Demonstrated track record of building and empowering long lasting teams.

Experience working in a highly complex and technical environment.

Experience working in a fast paced and ambiguous startup environment.

Passion for providing the biggest impact with inventive resource planning.

Good written and verbal communication skills.

Demonstrates excellent judgment, problem solving, and decision making.

Benefits

Base Salary Range: $190,000 - $240,000

Compensation: competitive salary with a meaningful stake in the company via equity, and 401k plan

Health & well-being: we'll invest in your physical and mental well-being with comprehensive medical, dental, & vision benefits

Food & meals: in-office snacks and drinks, and a $400 monthly stipend towards your lunches or groceries

Commuter benefits: We offer pre-tax deductions for public transportation, rideshare services, and parking expenses to make your commute more affordable and convenient.

Grow together: Company wide orientation for you to successfully onboard and other learning & development opportunities including regular review cycles that feature 360 degree feedback

Play together: quarterly budgets for team and company outings. Use it for team swag, cooking classes, or team dinners

Generous time off: flexible paid time off, sick days, and 11 company holidays

Baby bonding time: 12 weeks off for both birthing and non-birthing parents - fully paid so you can focus your energy on your newest addition

Valon focuses on Enterprise Software, Technology, Finance Technology, and Mortgage. Their company has offices in New York City, Phoenix, and San Mateo. They have a mid-size team that's between employees. To date, Valon has raised $57.59M of funding; their latest round was closed on November 2021 at a valuation of $590M.
You can view their website at or find them on LinkedIn.