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Accord · 1 month ago

Lead Founding Engineer - LowRateCo

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$150K/yr - $180K/yr

4+ years exp

LOWRATECO is a venture-backed, early-stage company aiming to disrupt the mortgage industry, and they are seeking a Founding Lead Engineer to build and own their core technology platform. The role involves hands-on engineering, AI agent development, and team building while collaborating closely with the CEO and product stakeholders.

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Responsibilities

Hands-on Engineering and Architecture: Act as the primary engineer, leading the design, development, testing, and deployment of our mission-critical, cloud-native platform

AI Agent Development & Integration: Integrate, scale, and manage proprietary and third-party AI agents (LLMs like Gemini/GPT) to automate core business functions, including sales, processing, and underwriting

System Ownership & Migration: Take ownership of the existing infrastructure (GCP, Python/FireStore, Salesforce integration) and strategically plan and execute the migration from the current external vendor to a robust, in-house system

Technical Roadmapping & Decisioning: Drive all major technical decisions, setting the standards for code quality, architectural integrity, and security from the ground up

Team Building: Play a critical role in defining the future engineering team structure and participate in the recruitment, mentoring, and scaling of the future engineering staff

Product Collaboration: Work closely with the CEO and product stakeholders to translate an ambitious product vision—specifically the transition to full AI processing and underwriting—into technical specifications and delivered features

Qualification

Cloud ArchitectureAI IntegrationFull-Stack DevelopmentPythonSystem DesignProduct MindsetProblem-SolvingSelf-Starter

Required

4+ years of professional experience in full-stack software development, with a strong emphasis on backend and cloud architecture

Proven experience working in a high-growth, early-stage startup environment or as a Founding Engineer, demonstrating the ability to thrive with high autonomy and limited resources

Deep experience with modern cloud environments, preferably GCP, and expertise in backend languages like Python (relevant for AI/ML work) or similar distributed systems languages

Strong background in designing and deploying cloud-native, distributed systems capable of handling high transaction volumes and integrating multiple external APIs

Ability to quickly understand complex business needs and apply a product-first approach to engineering solutions, focusing on speed and value delivery

Exceptional self-starter and problem-solver

Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration

A strong bias for action and delivery