# Staff Software Engineer
**Company:** [Valon](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/valon)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA
**Salary:** $255K-$300K
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Python, React, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, Web Application Development, Mobile Application Development, Large-Scale Distributed Systems, Infrastructure Management
**Posted:** 2025-10-03
> Designs and builds robust backend infrastructure for mortgage servicing platform handling billions in loans at scale. Requires 7+ years experience building scalable systems, with Python/React/Docker/K8s/GCP stack expertise.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Learn new concepts and technologies quickly and apply them to challenging problems
- Design and build robust and extensible infrastructure to handle evolving and complex federal, state, and agency regulations
- Dive deep to understand the inner workings of a highly complex industry
- Work with Product and Design to define the best experience for our customers

## Ideal Background
- 7+ years of software engineering experience building quality software applications at scale
- Strong communicator
- Able to work cross-functionally to balance product and technical requirements
- Great at building scalable systems from scratch with a fast turnaround
- Experience with one or more of the following: web application development, mobile application development, building large-scale distributed systems, or infrastructure management
- Time management skills that will maximize efficiency in a fast-paced startup environment

## Benefits
- Competitive salary with a meaningful stake in the company via equity, and 401k plan
- Comprehensive medical, dental, & vision benefits
- Commuter benefits
- Learning & development opportunities including regular review cycles
- Quarterly budgets for team and company outings
- Flexible paid time off, sick days, and 11 company holidays
- 12 weeks paid baby bonding time
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