Mortgage Underwriting Specialist

What we're doing

Owning a home is a huge step in many people’s lives and is also a foundational part of building financial security and wealth. However the tools and technology supporting homeownership today are antiquated dependent on things like fax machines handwritten documentation and hours of manual review.

We're here to change that.

Vesta is the next-generation system of record to power the multi-trillion mortgage market. We believe that we are overdue for a core transformation – that in order to build a fully automated process and fully digital customer journeys lenders will have to adopt a system of record platform that is modern open and orchestrated by best-in-class software workflows.

Who we are

Our founding team is no stranger to the complexities of the financial industry. As early employees at Blend they spent years together focused on creating modern cloud infrastructure for banks. Now with Vesta they are transforming the mortgage industry by creating the most flexible open and automated origination experience benefitting financial institutions and their customers.

And we're not alone.

We've raised $55M from top tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz Bain Capital Ventures Conversion Capital Zigg Capital and Index Ventures.

Our team is small but mighty. We are a collection of humans who value humility empathy self-awareness and an orientation towards action. If this sounds like you and you're excited by the idea of getting in at the ground level to build the infrastructure that will power the future of the financial industry we would love to hear from you!

About the role

As one of our mortgage process specialists at Vesta you’ll work closely with our product engineering design partnerships and implementations teams across a variety of mission critical projects. In this role you can expect to:

• become a Vesta product expert deeply understanding all functionality in the product.

• diligently document test cases with a high attention to detail.

• work with our partner integrations team to help map data across platforms and configure and test our integrations.

• partner with our customer implementation team to create canonical configuration around all aspects of loan fulfillment workflows.

• stay in lock step with our engineering product design and partner teams keeping them updated on testing and integration status.

• be an indispensable part of delivering industry-changing software to our customers!

Who you are

• You have 5+ years of mortgage underwriting experience across several mortgage types (e.g. conventional FHA VA non-QM).

• You are technically inclined and a quick learner . An understanding of APIs familiarity with MISMO and XML and experience with tools like Postman a plus but not required as long as you have a willingness to learn .

• You are curious and hungry to identify triage and help solve any problem you come across big or small and you’re excited to apply your depth of knowledge across a variety of projects.

• You are a self starter and team player who’s comfortable flexing across a variety of problems and you do so while keeping an eye towards detail and executing with precision.

• You're looking to join an early-stage team to build something BIG something industry-changing and you’re excited about being part of that quickly-moving fast-growing journey.

Benefits and Perks

• Robust medical vision & dental coverage (~100% of employee premiums are covered)

• 401(K) plan offering

• Meaningful parental leave - 16 weeks fully paid for all new parents birthing & non-birthing parents (applies to adoptions as well!)

• Remote-first culture with hubs in New York & San Francisco

• Generous WFH & Wellness Benefits

• Monthly Doordash benefits

• Open & encouraged flexible time off

• Company offsites to get to know the team!

Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $100000 - $135000/yr.  Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

At Vesta we believe that the only way we can tackle the challenging problems in front of us is by having diverse perspectives and an environment that promotes inclusivity. We’re committed to equal opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion gender gender identity parental or pregnancy status national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability or veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. As part of our onboarding process we participate in the E-Verify program.