Engineering Manager
At Pylon, we’re a small team building a very ambitious product in the mortgage space.
As an Engineering Manager, you’ll lead a team of talented engineers in designing, building, and scaling the company’s core platform. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll set technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver robust, scalable fintech solutions.
We're in search of people who find difficult problems invigorating and who fit well into a high-performing team built on mutual respect and reliance. This is a high-impact position for someone who thrives in a startup environment, enjoys solving technical challenges, and is excited to help shape the future of Pylon.
About you
You:
Have strong opinions that you’re willing to defend. We have a culture of vigorous discussion and debate on technical decisions. We’ll push you to defend your choices, and we want you to push back.
Don't settle. Challenge yourself to frequently and consistently deliver exceptional code. If something could be better, take the initiative to improve it.
Have great ideas, and lots of them. You should see opportunities all around you to make the code, product and infrastructure better. We’ll give you an environment where you can act on those ideas.
Are self-motivated. You can take a goal and drive towards it without needing extensive hand-holding. The team is supportive and loves to share knowledge and advice, but there’s no time for micromanaging your work.
Are comfortable with ambiguity. There's a million ways to do things; you should feel at ease making a decision under uncertainty while balancing competing constraints.
Are confident you can learn quickly. Mortgage is complex, our platform is complex, good software engineering is complex. You’ve got to have an attitude that you can absorb it, get on top of it, and build something better than what came before.
About the Team
What we’re not:
Building a CRUD app:
We’re building a platform that’s only possible due to deep technology investments and thinking hard from first principles. Cargo-culting what’s come before won’t be sufficient.
If you’re looking to do mostly plumbing / lego piece assembling, Pylon may be very frustrating for you
An easy job:
We’re building a lot of things from the ground up for the first time. Working at Pylon is like a research project where you have to ship to intelligent, opinionated customers regularly.
It’s basically guaranteed you’ll be handed a task that is too difficult for you to do. You might fail sometimes. You might have no idea where to start. Our team leans heavily on each other, but there’s no getting around the difficulties.
What we are:
A small team:
We don’t have an army of engineers. If you find something is broken, you are probably the best one to fix it
All the code we write has to punch above its weight in maintainability and toil reduction
If you have a good idea, you have much more ability to put it into action than at a large company
We need generalists: specialization is for big companies that already have everything figured out. If you’re smart, flexible and like getting into everything, we want you.
Working in a regulated space:
Mortgage is regulated both federally and at the state level.
We move fast, but breaking things isn’t an option.
About the Job
Basics
Job title: Engineering Manager
Stock options: own a piece of the company and we all win together
Health insurance, dental, etc.
Our technology stack:
We don’t require that you’ve worked with any of these technologies before, this is just our stack for your information:
Typescript front and backend
Web components
GraphQL
PostgreSQL
NestJS web framework
Nx build system
AWS stack using CDK for declarative infrastructure
About Pylon
At Pylon we're building programmatic mortgage infrastructure. Our enterprise-grade APIs, connected directly to Wall Street, enable businesses to build and automate mortgage originations at scale. We're backed by Peter Thiel, Citi, Conversion Capital, and QED as well as the founders of Ramp, Mercury, and Blend.
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At Pylon, we’re on an exciting journey to revolutionize the mortgage industry, and we’re looking for an Engineering Manager to join our dynamic team in Menlo Park. In this pivotal role, you’ll lead a talented group of engineers as they design, build, and scale our core platform. This isn’t just another managerial position; it's a hands-on leadership challenge. You’ll set the technical direction, mentor your team, and collaborate with different departments to deliver cutting-edge fintech solutions. If you thrive in startup environments, find difficult problems thrilling, and have a passion for technical debates, then Pylon is the perfect place for you. We value strong opinions and encourage you to defend your choices while pushing back where necessary. Here, you won’t just settle; you’ll aim for exceptional code and seize opportunities to enhance our product and infrastructure. We appreciate self-motivated individuals comfortable navigating ambiguity, tackling complex challenges in the mortgage space creatively. You’ll find that our small team operates like a well-oiled machine where everyone’s contributions matter, and innovative ideas can be turned into action swiftly. Remember, this role is demanding; you might find yourself face-to-face with tasks that challenge your skills, but together, we will succeed in building something extraordinary. Join us and become a part of a forward-thinking team that is committed to creating impactful solutions in the mortgage technology arena.
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