Director of Software Architecture

Who You Are:

Hometap is hiring a Director of Software Architecture to lead the foundational technology decisions that shape how our Technical Product Organization (TPO) builds and scales. You'll identify prioritize and execute architecture improvements while growing and supporting the current architecture team. This role sits at the intersection of deep hands-on technical work technical product management and leadership. You'll partner closely with engineering management product design and business stakeholders to deliver value to homeowners investment partners and the Hometap team. This position reports to the CIO.

What you’ll do:

• Manage a team of architects and contribute directly to bringing organization-wide beneficial technologies to fruition
• Lead the charge in identifying how AI particularly generative AI can be leveraged across the company including code generation technical design and architecture refactoring legacy codebases and test generation
• Mentor architects from diverse backgrounds and technology environments so they can operate effectively at Hometap and incorporate architectural best practices in their work
• Drive the establishment and evolution of our architecture methodology including the education and upskilling of the technical team
• Look ahead at the product roadmap to identify where architectural investment is needed
• Partner with Product Design and Engineering Management to prioritize resource and execute software architecture work across TPO
• Communicate regularly at all levels of the company about current architectural efforts their benefits and our future technology vision
• Play a key role in technical brainstorming decision-making and engineering process improvements

What you'll bring:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with progressive technical growth a substantial amount of time in a Software Architect position and people management experience
• Expert understanding of all things SDLC including but not limited to: cloud architectures AWS pragmatic application of AI/ML tooling with appropriate risk controls MVC systems DevOps scaling integrations and service observability/monitoring
• Ability to build a vision for the future application of technology
• Skill in collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to communicate and advocate for high-level software initiatives keeping technology goals on-point and on-track
• Bonus points for familiarity with Salesforce integrations Django/Python and React

The salary range for this role is $210000 - $225000 depending on your experience skills location and other factors. You’ll also be bonus-eligible and receive meaningful equity so you can share in our growth and success. We offer generous medical dental and vision coverage a work-from-home stipend parental leave and plenty of paid time off to recharge.

What We Do

Hometap is on a mission to make homeownership less stressful and more accessible. Our home equity investment product provides homeowners with a fast simple and straightforward way to access the equity in their home without taking out a loan or having to sell. By investing alongside homeowners Hometap offers debt-free cash in exchange for a share of their home’s future value — all without any monthly payments over the life of the investment. And its digital platform the Home Equity Dashboard empowers homeowners to make informed financial decisions about their home and take action on those decisions with confidence speed and ease. Through a combination of financial innovation and best-in-class customer service Hometap enables people to get more from homeownership so they can get more from life.

Why Work With Us

Our mission is what makes us unique - we’re creating new financial products. With that comes the challenges of delivering a best-in-class experience and iterating on our products to constantly improve. That gives every team member the chance to pitch creative ideas and watch them take effect.

Gallery