Senior Software Engineering Manager

October 23

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Kiavi

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Fintech • Real Estate • Finance

Kiavi is a technology-driven financial company that provides fast and reliable financing solutions for real estate investors. Specializing in short-term 'fix-and-flip' loans, rental property financing, and new construction loans, Kiavi empowers both emerging and experienced real estate investors by offering competitive rates, high leverage, and efficient processes. With the use of an advanced technology platform, Kiavi simplifies and accelerates the loan application and approval process, allowing investors to manage their investments with ease and confidence. The company operates across multiple states and offers various resources to support investor growth.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2013

💳 Fintech

🏠 Real Estate

💸 Finance

💰 $158M Debt Financing on 2023-01

📋 Description

• Lead & Mentor a high-performing, full-stack engineering team. You'll be responsible for hiring, coaching, and mentoring, with a strong emphasis on developing the careers of your engineers. • Drive Technical Strategy: You will own the technical vision and roadmap for integrating Kiavi’s proprietary AI/ML technology into our loan origination platform and loan products. You'll partner with senior leaders and product managers to define what's possible and how to get there. • Execute with Excellence: Guide your team in shipping complex, large-scale projects where availability, correctness, and security are critical. This includes hands-on technical design, code reviews, and ensuring your team’s architecture is sound, scalable, and meets business needs. • Own the Full Lifecycle: You will lead the end-to-end execution of your team's roadmap, from initial planning and milestone definition with Product Management, to managing timelines, communicating risk, and collaborating with key stakeholders throughout. • Champion Quality: Set and maintain a high bar for engineering and operational quality, with a sharp focus on the compliance and correctness required in our lending systems. You'll leverage data from customers and systems to iterate and improve our products rapidly.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven AI/ML Leadership: You have successfully led a team in building and shipping production software systems that leverage traditional ML and/or Gen AI models to achieve concrete business goals. • Technical Depth: You are a former engineer and not afraid to "dive deep." You can comfortably lead technical design discussions, review code, and challenge your team on technical trade-offs. • People Leadership: You are an exceptional people manager who knows how to attract, develop, and retain top talent. You see mentorship as one of the most important parts of your job. • Execution: You have a track record of delivering complex, large-scale projects in a dynamic, fast-paced business environment. • Clear Communication: You can clearly articulate a vision, create alignment, and communicate technical and business risks to stakeholders at all levels. • Experience: You have 10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 5+ years in a direct people management role. • B.S. degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience). • No real-estate or mortgage experience is needed, but a hunger to learn our business is!

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance: Kiavi offers free employee-only coverage for medical, dental, and vision plans. Dependents receive a heavily discounted premium, competitively placed in the 90th percentile for cost. • Health Savings Account (HSA): For those enrolled in a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP), Kiavi provides an annual employer contribution to HSAs: $500 for individual coverage and $1,000 for dependents. • Disability and Life Insurance: Immediate access to short-term and long-term disability insurance, as well as group life and AD&D insurance, with coverage at 1x annual salary. • Remote Work Policy: Kiavi supports working remotely for day-to-day activities for most roles and occasionally may ask employees to gather in person for key meetings, trainings, team building etc. For remote workers, Kiavi offers a one-time office setup reimbursement of up to $500 and a monthly $85 stipend for internet and phone expenses. For in-office workers, Kiavi offers employer contributions to commuter benefits account, either for parking or public transportation. • Flexible Time Off: Employees are empowered to manage their own time off, with no strict limits, as long as it's approved by their manager. • Paid Leaves: Up to 8 weeks of paid leave for medical or caregiver purposes, and 12 weeks of paid maternity/paternity leave. Short-term disability leave is also available for birthing mothers. • 401(k) & Company Match: A 401(k) plan managed by Fidelity, with Kiavi matching 100% of contributions up to 3% of compensation or $6,000 (whichever is less). All employer contributions are immediately vested.