Kiavi · 1 day ago
Staff Software Engineer
Pittsburgh, PA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$175K/yr - $262K/yr
5+ years expKiavi is one of the nation’s largest private lenders to residential real estate investors, harnessing data and technology to provide faster access to capital. The Staff Software Engineer will architect and own significant parts of the loan origination platform, ensuring high code quality and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions for customers.
Financial ServicesFinTechLendingReal EstateReal Estate Investment
Responsibilities
Architect and own large parts of our complex loan origination platform and associated web applications
Champion code quality through peer-reviewed designs and code, focusing on test automation using unit, integration and end-to-end testing
Allocate a certain percentage of each team’s time to tackling engineering initiatives focused on reducing tech debt
Focus on delivering high impact initiatives that provide value to the customer on a daily basis
Work closely with our design and product teams as well as with our business stakeholders to build the right solutions for our customers
Ensure that our customers are successful and happy
Own technical strategy for broad or complex requirements and come up with insightful and forward-looking approaches that go beyond the direct team and solve large open-ended problems
Qualification
Required
Experience: You are a proficient software engineer with 5+ years of professional experience
Product focused: You take pride in building high-quality, user-friendly products
Problem solver: You excel at understanding and breaking down complex problems. You pay attention to detail
Great communicator: You are candid and honest. You can adapt your communication style to different audiences and you can effectively communicate in writing and in person or on a video call
Self-driven: You make things happen. You show a strong desire to succeed and are looking for opportunities to learn and grow
Productive/Impact-oriented: You are able to get a lot done quickly. You are willing to introduce new processes and technologies to the team that will improve productivity across the whole engineering team
Leadership: You show the ability to grow into a company leader. You will work with other leaders across the company to build company culture and to help shape the company's future
Preferred
Programming Languages: Ruby, Kotlin, JavaScript and TypeScript although we are generally language agnostic. We expect that if you've learned more than one programming language you can learn ours
Frontend Frameworks: React and GraphQL
Backend Frameworks: Rails, Node.js, Kafka
Databases: Postgres, Redis
Service Oriented Architecture: We are shifting from being a monolithic Rails application to a distributed set of services. Experience having done this in the past is super useful to us
AppSec: We handle customer's private information and we move billions of dollars around. Having experience with application security is important to us
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: $1,000 for individual coverage and $2,000 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, training, 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 $8,000 (whichever is less). All employer contributions are immediately vested.
Company
Kiavi
Kiavi is a tech-enabled lender that provides residential real estate investors with financing solutions for property investments.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.5BKey Investors
Benefit Street PartnersMoatableRibbit Capital
2025-08-26Debt Financing· $400M
2025-02-13Debt Financing· $300M
2024-10-16Debt Financing· $400M
Leadership Team
James Herbert
Co-Founder, Board Member
Tim Lawlor
Chief Financial Officer
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