Senior Software Engineer (Python), Mortgage

United States Digital Space LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Learning and development allowance

Monthly wellness stipend

Home office stipend

Fertility/adoption reimbursement up to

Flexible PTO

Competitive compensation and equity

In-office lunches and snacks

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Truework team. You’ll help maintain a platform used by top mortgage lenders, collaborating with product, design and customers to deliver scalable features.

Requirements include 5+ years of software development, a Bachelor’s degree, proficiency in Python and JavaScript, and experience building RESTful APIs. You’ll work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with strong ownership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education/training.
• Proficiency in Python and JavaScript.
• Experience developing RESTful APIs.
• Strong communication and ownership from design to release.

Responsibilities

• Solve problems and deliver high-quality solutions with ownership.
• Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to clarify requirements.
• Design and architect new features with engineering teams.
• Experiment rapidly to validate customer needs and ship MVPs.
• Maintain code quality, performance, and security.
• Instrument experiments and use data to guide decisions.
• Deliver scalable, reliable production services.
• Monitor and triage production issues.

Skills

Software development experience

Python

JavaScript

RESTful APIs

Communication skills

Ownership

Stakeholder collaboration

Learning mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

About the company

the company is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Over 140,000 companies and millions of people rely on the company for AI verification in the moments that matter most: getting a new job, a new place to live, a car ride, childcare, even a date. Customers include Uber, Pennymac, Airbnb, Doordash, and Anthropic.

We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. the company is recognized on Forbes Cloud 100 2025 List and is a Y Combinator 2024 Breakthrough Company.

About the company

the company is building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Established in 2014, the company’s innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. the company has over 100,000 customers including DoorDash, Coinbase, Lyft, Instacart, and Airtable.

About the Role

Truework, recently acquired by the company, provides access to crucial employment and income information needed for mortgage loans, apartment rentals, background checks, and more. We are disrupting a $5B+ industry, dominated by legacy incumbents, with a better product and intense customer focus. Within the company, Truework operates independently, allowing rapid iteration while also being able to leverage the strengths and assets from our core business. Think of it like joining a startup within a startup!

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Truework team you will help develop and maintain the platform that’s used by 8 of the top 10 mortgage lenders in the US. At the company, Engineers take ownership and responsibility on all aspects of Product development from leading projects, working with product managers and customers to define and implement features, to collaborating with our sales and marketing teams on launching and scaling products. You’ll have a lot of autonomy and will be successful if you have high agency and a keen sense of craftsmanship for yourself and others.

Most of the work we need to do is backend-oriented, but we are open to candidates from a broad set of roles (full stack, backend, QA engineers, SREs, etc.) if you meet our requirements.

What you’ll do

• Be an independent individual contributor who can solve problems and deliver high-quality solutions with minimal/high-level oversight and a high level of ownership
• Bring a customer-centric, product-oriented mindset to the table - collaborate with customers and internal stakeholders to resolve product ambiguities and ship impactful features
• Partner with engineering, product, design, and other stakeholders in designing and architecting new features
• Experimentation mindset - autonomy and empowerment to validate a customer need, get team buy-in, and ship a rapid MVP
• Quality mindset - you insist on quality as a critical pillar of your software deliverables
• Analytical mindset - instrument and deploy new product experiments with a data-driven approach
• Deliver performant, reliable, scalable, and secure code capable of supporting Truework’s significant scale
• Monitor, investigate, triage, and resolve production issues as they arise for services owned by the team

What you bring

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Bachelor degree (or equivalent education/training)
• Proficiency in Python and Javascript (or similar languages/frameworks)
• Experience developing RESTful APIs
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• A strong sense of ownership from feature design through production release
• A desire to collaborate with external stakeholders
• An eagerness to learn, collaborate, improve, innovate, and have fun

What you’ll get

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
• Flexible PTO policy
• Monthly wellness stipend, home office stipend

Pay Transparency Disclosure

We use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop ranges for our roles and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. If this role is remote, we have listed the top to the bottom of the possible range, but we will specify the target range for an exact location when you are selected for a recruiting discussion. For more information on our compensation philosophy, seeour website.

On-target Earnings OR Base Salary range (San Francisco, CA)

$185,000—$218,000 USD

What We Offer

• A fast-paced and collaborative environment
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
• Flexible PTO policy
• Monthly wellness stipend

At the company, we believe an in office work environment strengthens collaboration, drives innovation, and encourages connection. Our hub locations are Denver, CO; San Francisco, CA; Nashville, TN; and Santiago, Chile. Individuals are expected to work from the office 3+ days a week. In-office perks are provided, such as lunch five times a week, a commuter stipend, and an abundance of snacks and beverages. A relocation stipend may be available for those willing to relocate to a the company hub location.

Equal Employment Opportunities at the company

the company is committed to building the best product and company, which requires hiring talented and qualified individuals with a diverse set of perspectives and lived experiences. the company believes in hiring people of all backgrounds, including those whose histories are impacted by the justice system in accordance with local, state, and/or federal laws, including the San Francisco’s Fair Chance Ordinance.

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