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Pylon · 3 weeks ago

Staff Generalist Engineer

positionMenlo Park, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff

Pylon is a small team building an ambitious product in the mortgage space, seeking individuals who thrive on difficult problems and can deliver exceptional code. The role involves working on a complex platform that requires self-motivation, strong coding skills, and the ability to make decisions under uncertainty.

Enterprise SoftwareFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechInfrastructureLendingSoftware
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Responsibilities

Have strong opinions that you’re willing to defend
Challenge yourself to frequently and consistently deliver exceptional code
See opportunities all around you to make the code, product and infrastructure better
Take a goal and drive towards it without needing extensive hand-holding
Feel at ease making a decision under uncertainty while balancing competing constraints
Have an attitude that you can absorb complexity and build something better than what came before
Take pride in pushing Typescript to its limits

Qualification

TypescriptGraphQLPostgreSQLNestJSAWSComfortable with ambiguityTypingSelf-motivated

Required

Have strong opinions that you're willing to defend
Don't settle. Challenge yourself to frequently and consistently deliver exceptional code
Have great ideas, and lots of them
Are self-motivated
Are comfortable with ambiguity
Are confident you can learn quickly
Love strong typing

Preferred

Experience with Haskell and Rust
Familiarity with Typescript

Benefits

Stock options: own a piece of the company and we all win together
Health insurance, 401K, dental, etc.

Company

Pylon

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Building the mortgage-as-a-service infrastructure platform
dateFounded in 2022
location
New York, New York, USA
people-size11-50 employees
web-link
http://www.pylonlending.com/

H1B Sponsorship

Pylon has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$8.5M
Key Investors
Conversion Capital
2024-11-26Series Unknown
2022-12-05Seed· $8.5M
2022-03-17Series Unknown

Leadership Team

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Trent Hedge
Co-Founder and CEO
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Recent News

500 Global
500 Global Portfolio
2025-12-05
Business Wire
Pylon Closes $8.5M Seed Round to Build the Embedded Mortgage Infrastructure Platform
2025-02-13
HousingWire
Mortgage infrastructure platform Pylon raises $8.5M in seed round
2022-12-08
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