Engineering Leader: AI‑Driven Mortgage Tech

quickenloans; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket in Detroit seeks a Team Leader, Engineering within Servicing Technology to lead a team of software engineers in Default Loan Services. You’ll own delivery for web experiences enabling hardship support, with a full-stack stack including Next.js/React, NestJS GraphQL, and .NET/C# services on AWS/EKS.

You will coach engineers, drive hiring and performance, and collaborate with product, design, data, and stakeholders to define a clear roadmap, embracing AI-native engineering practices and

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software development experience with hands-on full-stack work.
• 2+ years of experience leading or managing software engineers.
• Working knowledge of Next.js or React and NestJS GraphQL.
• Back-end development experience in .NET / C#.
• Experience deploying on AWS with EKS and CI/CD pipelines.
• Demonstrated ability to develop engineers and deliver through a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of full-stack engineers.
• Own delivery: planning, prioritization, execution, and quality.
• Set technical direction across front-end and back-end stacks.
• Ensure applications run on AWS/EKS via CI/CD pipelines.
• Champion AI-native engineering and adoption of AI tooling.
• Collaborate with product, design, data, and business stakeholders.
• Remove blockers, manage risk, and communicate status to leadership.
• Foster ownership, inclusion, learning, and healthy engineering practices.
• Coordinate across distributed teams including partners in India.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

People leadership

React/Next.js

NestJS GraphQL

.NET/C#

AWS / EKS

CI/CD

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

Rocket in Detroit seeks a Team Leader, Engineering within Servicing Technology to lead a team of software engineers in Default Loan Services. You’ll own delivery for web experiences enabling hardship support, with a full-stack stack including Next.js/React, NestJS GraphQL, and .NET/C# services on AWS/EKS.

You will coach engineers, drive hiring and performance, and collaborate with product, design, data, and stakeholders to define a clear roadmap, embracing AI-native engineering practices and