Backend Engineer, Underwriting
Builds backend systems to automate mortgage underwriting by encoding regulatory rules into precise, AI-enhanced code. Collaborates with experts using TypeScript, NestJS, GraphQL, and custom DSLs for high-stakes lending decisions.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Encode natural language rules into code using DSLs, novel techniques including AI, to translate regulatory guidelines into executable logic.
- Work side-by-side with mortgage experts to understand nuances, exceptions, and domain complexity.
- Build systems prioritizing correctness, precision, robust test coverage, and failure mode analysis.
- Push into uncharted territory with AI applications in mortgage underwriting.
- Automate complex, regulated processes to make mortgages faster, cheaper, and more accessible.
Tech Stack
- TypeScript
- Custom DSLs for rule encoding
- AI/ML tooling and agentic infrastructure
- NestJS + GraphQL
- SQL (PostgreSQL)
- Temporal.io (workflow orchestration)
Requirements
- Deeply curious
- Owns features from design to development, deployment, and maintenance
- Willing to solve the hardest problems
Compensation
Base Salary Range: $140,000/yr to $220,000/yr + Equity + Benefits
Skills
TypeScript, Nestjs, GraphQL, Postgres, Temporal.Io, Dsls, AI/ML, SQL
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