Senior Software Engineer

Millennial-Home-Lending-; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CAKE Mortgage is a cutting-edge wholesale mortgage lender specializing in Non-QM products. We're redefining the lending experience with innovative programs, streamlined processes, and speed and precision.

The Senior Software Engineer will help design and build CAKE's custom TPO platform—the web application brokers use to originate loans—and other products across our lending stack. This is a senior IC role with ownership from design through production, in a small, high-leverage team, using

Qualifications

• Mortgage industry experience is required.
• Senior individual contributor with ownership from design to production.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the custom TPO platform, including the broker-facing web application, its backend services, and its integrations.
• Integrate with the systems that run the business, including Encompass (our LOS), pricing engines, and document and vendor services.
• Own your work through production — containers, CI/CD, deployment, monitoring, and incident response.
• Write clean, tested TypeScript in React and NestJS. Review code, set standards, and keep quality high as the team grows.

Tools

TypeScript

React

NestJS

PostgreSQL

Azure

Docker

AI tools usage

Job description

Description

CAKE Mortgage is a cutting-edge wholesale mortgage lender specializing in Non-QM products. We're redefining the lending experience with innovative programs, streamlined processes, and a commitment to speed and precision. As we grow, we're looking for forward-thinking professionals who thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments.

The Senior Software Engineer will help design and build CAKE's custom TPO platform — the web application our broker partners use to originate loans with us — along with other products across our lending stack. This is a senior individual contributor role with real ownership from design through production support, working as part of a small, high-leverage engineering team.

We're looking for an AI-native developer: a strong engineer who uses AI tools to multiply their output. Our stack is TypeScript, React, NestJS, and Postgres, running in containers on Azure. Mortgage industry experience is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build the custom TPO platform, including the broker-facing web application, its backend services, and its integrations.
• Integrate with the systems that run the business, including Encompass (our LOS), pricing engines, and document and vendor services.
• Own your work through production — containers, CI/CD, deployment, monitoring, and incident response.
• Write clean, tested TypeScript in React and NestJS. Review code, set standards, and keep quality high as the team grows.