Frontend Engineer

What we're doing

Owning a home is a foundational part of building financial security and wealth in America. However the tools and technology that support homeownership are antiquated dependent on things like fax machines handwritten documentation and hours of manual review.

We're here to change it.

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.

We believe that our team is our greatest competitive advantage and take pride in having a team of exceptional humans. As a team we 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 be part of building the infrastructure that will power the future of the finance industry we would love to hear from you!

Who you are

You are someone who loves building software that delights users and may be interested in founding a company of your own some day. An ideal candidate for this role is a React expert and has experience scaling up the frontend by investing into the platform and building up the design system in collaboration with the design team and other engineers. You are excited about the breadth of responsibility and autonomy. You are someone who people can depend on to get things done and take responsibility for your commitments. You love working alongside smart and talented people who are execution oriented.

About your role

You'll be expected to work generally where the product's needs are strongest. In addition to development you'll be responsible for helping set the guidelines and frameworks for our engineering organization in the years ahead including both technical tooling and organizational growth.

Because the responsibilities of this role are so open-ended there is no hard and fast list of requirements but some areas of experience that may be relevant are listed below:

• Cloud based enterprise web applications

• Strong React and TypeScript expertise

• Working in an environment with complex data models

perks + benefits

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

• FSA plan offering

• 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 a physical hub in the bay area!

• Generous Work From Home & Wellness Benefits

• Monthly cell & wifi stipend

• 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 $170000 - $220000/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.