Software Engineer Intern

About the Role

Valon is building the AI-native operating system for regulated finance, starting with mortgage servicing. We're a Series C company transforming industries that others have written off as too complex to innovate. ValonOS is our unified platform that makes every process structured and programmable and it is perfectly positioned for the AI era.

Engineering at Valon

Our engineering team is here to power the software ecosystem to disrupt one of the most outdated and regulated spaces in the financial sector - the mortgage industry. We’ve built out the foundation of a modern mortgage servicing platform that can accurately handle billions of dollars at scale, but we’re just getting started. At Valon, we want you to do the best work of your life. You'll be surrounded by a tight-knit community of exceptional people from places like Stripe, Jane Street, Meta, and Google who care deeply about their work and each other. Our problem space is complex, but you’ll get a lot of autonomy so that you can learn quickly, execute effectively, and deliver the highest level of business impact.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for learning new concepts and technologies quickly and apply them to challenging problems.
• Designing and building 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.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Currently in pursuit of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Exceptional programming and design skills.
• Ability to build quality software applications at scale, including ability to work cross-functionally to balance product and technical requirements, building scalable systems from scratch with a fast turnaround.
• Communicate effectively in a collaborative, complex, and highly technical team environment.
• Experience with one of the following: web application development, mobile application development, building large-scale distributed systems, or infrastructure management.
• Deep curiosity and willingness to ask a lot of questions in order to learn quickly.
• Must have legal authority to work in the U.S.

Our tech stack is built on Python, React, Docker, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud Platform.

Qualifications

• Currently in pursuit of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Exceptional programming and design skills.
• Ability to build quality software applications at scale.
• Ability to work cross-functionally to balance product and technical requirements.
• Experience building scalable systems from scratch with a fast turnaround.
• Effective communication in a collaborative, complex, and highly technical team environment.
• Experience with one of the following: web application development, mobile application development, building large-scale distributed systems, or infrastructure management.
• Deep curiosity and willingness to ask questions to learn quickly.

Compensation

• $60/hour USD + stipend.