Software Engineer (Senior)

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 benefiting 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

An ideal candidate is a product-minded engineer who wants to understand the business the product and the best ways to deliver value to our customers. You are someone who loves building software that delights users and may be interested in founding a company of your own some day. You understand the balance of when to build quickly to deliver value sooner but also when to build meticulously for mission-critical projects. You are someone who your teammates 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 will work on a product-oriented team with a focus on building delivering and maintaining functionality in areas where the business needs are strongest. You will be a expected to be an owner of these product areas and use your experience to help Vesta create as much value as possible for our customers.

Because we try to tailor the role to the strengths of every team member most items listed are not hard requirements but some areas of experience that may be relevant are:

• 5+ years of experience building robust scalable web services in a production environment.

• Proficiency with modern frontend frameworks such as React and TypeScript or sufficient familiarity with frontend development paired with exceptional backend capabilities.

• Strong proficiency with C# or other statically typed languages such as Kotlin Go or Java.

• Hands-on experience with relational databases preferably PostgreSQL including schema design and query optimization.

• Proven experience designing deploying and maintaining distributed systems and addressing challenges around scalability reliability and performance .

• Familiarity with cloud environments and services ( AWS preferred) as well as real-time event streaming ( Kafka ) and caching solutions ( Redis ).

• Comfortable navigating and contributing to complex data models including defining and optimizing them in collaboration with team members.

• Driven to tackle genuine business problems translating high-level goals into practical engineering solutions.

• Highly autonomous proactively owning tasks and deliverables with a willingness to occasionally extend beyond standard working hours to meet business goals.

• Strong bias towards practical iterative development—focused more on building impactful software and solving real business problems over meetings and politics.

• Willingness to travel at least twice a year to offsites in the United States.

Benefits and Perks

• 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 Anywhere & 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 $200000 - $225000/yr.  Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed.

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.