We’re partnering with a venture-backed (Series C) product company building an platform for regulated financial services, starting in the mortgage space.
Rather than modernizing on top of broken legacy systems, this team built and operates its own regulated financial business, managing billions in assets. That hands-on ownership is what allowed them to turn a historically low-margin industry into a high-margin, software-driven operation, while materially improving customer experience.
This is a high-ownership role for engineers who want to work on systems that actually matter production-grade software operating under real regulatory, data, and scale constraints.
You’ll have meaningful influence over architecture, technical direction, and execution. The environment favors engineers who think in systems, challenge assumptions, and take pride in building durable platforms rather than one-off features.
What You’ll Be Doing
Leading design and implementation of scalable backend systems and services in a regulated domain
Owning complex workflows that span data ingestion, processing, and automation
Translating regulatory and business constraints into clean, extensible architectures
Partnering with Product and Design to shape technical direction and execution
Setting engineering standards, reviewing designs, and raising the technical bar
Mentoring engineers and contributing to a strong ownership-driven culture
What They’re Looking For
Senior Level:
5+ years of professional software engineering experience
Proven track record building and owning production systems
Experience working on complex, data-heavy, or regulated platforms
Strong systems thinking and ability to drive projects end to end
Staff Level:
8+ years of experience with significant architectural ownership
History of designing systems that scale across teams and domains
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and influencing technical direction
Track record of mentoring engineers and elevating engineering practices
Nice to Have (Not Required):
Experience in fintech, financial services, or other regulated industries
Exposure to distributed systems, workflow engines, or platform engineering
Tech Stack:
Python, React, Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.
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