Staff Software Engineer

Velocity Mortgage Capital is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership for its loan origination, underwriting, and servicing platforms. The role leads architecture and delivery of complex systems, strengthens engineering quality, and supports secure, reliable integrations and lending-critical workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical direction and architecture for systems owned by one or more teams, and align that work with the broader platform
• Break down ambiguous, high-impact problems into clear plans, and drive them from design to delivery across teams
• Design systems for scale, reliability, security, and maintainability, and make pragmatic tradeoffs between them
• Write, review, and improve code in high-impact and high-risk areas, especially lending-critical workflows such as underwriting, pricing, and closing
• Partner with product managers, QA, design, and business stakeholders to turn challenging business problems and vague requirements into clear technical plans
• Lead design reviews and technical decisions, building consensus across teams with different priorities
• Own the technical integrity of integrations with loan origination systems, credit bureaus, pricing engines, and other third-party vendors
• Build security, privacy, auditability, and regulatory requirements into our systems, including correct handling of PII and financial data
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, and set standards for code quality, testing, and operational excellence