Backend Engineer for AI-Driven Mortgage Platform (Remote)

Vesta; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, Dental coverage

Remote-first culture

401(K) plan

Parental leave - 16 weeks

Wellness stipend

Doordash benefits

Team offsites in the US

Job summary

Vesta is seeking a backend-focused engineer to own critical systems and help scale our AI-driven origination platform. You will work with frontend and product teams to design, build, and operate backend services that power customer features.

Join a remote-first team with a Bay Area hub, emphasizing autonomy, strong systems expertise, and collaboration. Expect ownership from design through production as the product grows.

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering focus with production experience.
• Experience building distributed systems at scale.
• Ability to own backend features end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Own backend and systems aspects from design to production.
• Collaborate with frontend and product to scale features.
• Ensure performance, reliability, and scalability.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

System design

Autonomy

Tools

PostgreSQL

AWS

Kafka

Redis

Job description

Vesta is seeking a backend-focused engineer to own critical systems and help scale our AI-driven origination platform. You will work with frontend and product teams to design, build, and operate backend services that power customer features.

Join a remote-first team with a Bay Area hub, emphasizing autonomy, strong systems expertise, and collaboration. Expect ownership from design through production as the product grows.