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About Us:

Every year over 8 million Americans take out over $2 trillion dollars worth of residential mortgages, enabling them to achieve the dream of home ownership. Unfortunately, getting a mortgage is a stressful process that often takes over 40 days and requires repeated back-and-forth between borrowers and loan officers. As a result of this friction, mortgage lenders have costs upwards of $11,000 to originate a single loan.

Friday Harbor simplifies mortgage origination with AI, helping lenders close loans faster and more efficiently.

We're a well-funded seed stage company backed by top tier venture firms (Abstract, Mischief, Wischoff, AI2 Incubator, CoFound) and have a large cohort of early enterprise customers.

Our company initially emerged from the Allen Institute for AI Incubator in Seattle. While our headquarters are in Seattle, our engineering team is fully remote with quarterly team off-sites. We offer flexibility and work-life balance while still fostering a collaborative and creative team environment.

We are looking for a visionary Senior Software Engineer to join our small team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our AI-first company. This is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of the AI revolution, working with state-of-the-art technologies such as Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAGs) to build intelligent systems that will redefine the mortgage industry.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of our core product, collaborating closely with a small team of highly-skilled engineers to define and implement product features and enhancements.
• Architect and build scalable backend systems and APIs to support our AI-driven mortgage underwriting platform.
• Integrate with external services and APIs to enhance the functionality and capabilities of our product.
• Optimize the performance, security, and reliability of our systems, ensuring a seamless experience for our users.
• Integrate LLMs, and RAGs into our product.
• Build products from zero to one and shipping greenfield features and systems.
• Play a key role in forging the culture of our technical team.
• Contribute to the overall product strategy and roadmap, providing technical insights and recommendations.

Requirements:

• 4+ years building scalable, high-performance backend systems. Expertise in a modern backend language required; must be comfortable working in Python or adapting swiftly.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative/technical field.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to design and implement efficient and maintainable software solutions.
• Experience working in an early stage startup environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment.
• Passion for crafting exceptional user experiences and a deep commitment to customer satisfaction.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and containerization technologies like Kubernetes and Docker.
• Strong familiarity with frontend technologies such as Next.js, Tailwind, and TypeScript.
• Experience with Langchain or similar AI/LLM integration frameworks.
• Experience with CICD processes, Infrastructure, DevOps, etc.
• Production experience with SQL, SQL-like systems as well as key-value stores such as Redis.
• Experience working on modern financial technology systems.
• Contributions to open-source projects or a strong portfolio of personal projects.
• Interest in mortgage, real estate, or fintech

We offer a competitive cash salary, significant equity compensation, and a complete benefits package. Our compensation strategy is geared towards attracting world-class talent and creating the possibility for significant potential equity upside for our early employees.

This is your chance to learn and build cutting-edge AI systems, work with LLMs and RAG, and make a lasting impact in the US housing industry!