Senior Full Stack Engineer

About Roam

Our mission at Roam is to make homeownership 2x more affordable for Americans. Roam’s initial focus is to help buyers wind back the clock on interest rates by purchasing a home with a low-rate assumable mortgage, a type of loan where the buyer can take over the mortgage terms from the seller. All government-backed loans such as FHA and VA loans are eligible for assumption by law, and there are millions of these loans at rates below 4%. With a low-rate assumable mortgage, buyers can save up to 50% on monthly payments compared to buying with a traditional mortgage at today’s rates.

Roam helps buyers find these homes for sale with the first-ever listing platform for homes with assumable mortgages. In addition, Roam manages all steps in the assumption process, acting as a specialized transaction coordinator to quarterback the entire process end-to-end on behalf of buyer and seller to ensure they close on time.

The role

Roam is leading the way in the assumable mortgage category and has generated overwhelming interest and demand from the press and consumers. We’re looking for seasoned full-stack technical ICs and leaders with strong track-records building successful products and systems. You’ll work with our team to design the technical underpinnings of Roam’s assumable mortgage products. At the same time, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to be hands-on building key systems, and will be directly responsible for the successful delivery of large-scale technical efforts as well acting as a technical mentor and leader for other engineers who will join our team in time.

About you

We value bold, self-directed people who carry themselves with urgency. Our team has a bias for action, a need for speed, and a soft spot for those who sweat the details. To change the way we buy homes will require courage and conviction. If you have both, we hope you will send in an application to our engineering role. 

• Come with experience. You have 8+ years of experience, and have been with a company from an early stage through growth. You have experience with Elixir, Phoenix, PostGIS. Any experience with geographic, or real estate data is a big plus.

• Act like an owner. You are self-directed and carry yourself with a sense of urgency. You know how to identify and prioritize needs, and do what it takes to ensure that urgent and important needs are acted on immediately.

• Comfort with fast-pace and constant ambiguity. We’re an early stage startup, you’ll constantly be navigating new challenges and need to be comfortable moving extraordinarily quickly.

• Player/Coach. You’ve built and developed a team. You’re never afraid to get your hands dirty, but you can take a step back and think through strategic opportunities and solutions from 30,000 feet. You work well cross-functionally and earn trust from co-workers at all levels.

The heart of our mission is addressing inequity in housing affordability. We’re here to change the status quo through the company we build and the products we launch. We celebrate a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds on our team in order to reflect the customers we serve. We are an opportunity employer.