Kiavi is looking to solve the problem of providing a simpler, more reliable, and faster way for residential real estate investors (REIs) to access capital to scale their businesses by leveraging data and technology to improve their loan origination platform and associated web applications.
Requirements
- Proficient software engineer with 5+ years of professional experience.
- Experience with Ruby, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Kotlin.
- Experience with React and GraphQL.
- Experience with Rails, Node.js, and Kafka.
- Experience with Postgres and Redis.
- Experience with Service Oriented Architecture and migrating from monolithic applications to distributed services.
- Experience with application security.
Responsibilities
- Architect and own large parts of our complex loan origination platform and associated web applications.
- Champion code quality through peer-reviewed designs and code, focusing on test automation using unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Tackle engineering initiatives focused on reducing tech debt.
- Deliver high impact initiatives that provide value to the customer on a daily basis.
- Work closely with our design and product teams as well as with our business stakeholders to build the right solutions for our customers.
- Own technical strategy for broad or complex requirements and come up with insightful and forward-looking approaches that go beyond the direct team and solve large open-ended problems.
- Contribute to shifting from a monolithic Rails application to a distributed set of services.
Other
- This position can be based remotely in any of our approved hiring regions.
- Product focused: You take pride in building high-quality, user-friendly products.
- Problem solver: You excel at understanding and breaking down complex problems. You pay attention to detail.
- Great communicator: You are candid and honest. You can adapt your communication style to different audiences and you can effectively communicate in writing and in person or on a video call.
- Self-driven: You make things happen. You show a strong desire to succeed and are looking for opportunities to learn and grow.
- Productive/Impact-oriented: You are able to get a lot done quickly. You are willing to introduce new processes and technologies to the team that will improve productivity across the whole engineering team.
- Leadership: You show the ability to grow into a company leader. You will work with other leaders across the company to build company culture and to help shape the company’s future.
