Senior Underwriter

Deephaven Mortgage LLC; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time to Recharge

Future Finance Focused

Community Connect

Health from Day One

Family Matters

Culture & Celebrations

Ideas Welcome

Guidance & Growth

Perk Up

Job summary

Deephaven Mortgage LLC is seeking an experienced Non-QM Underwriter to evaluate complex mortgage loan applications outside QM guidelines. You’ll assess borrower risk using alternative documentation and ensure adherence to policies and investor rules.

Responsibilities include manual underwriting for Correspondent and Wholesale clients, QC audits, and collaborating with underwriters, processors, and closers to clear conditions. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Recent hands-on Non-QM underwriting experience required.
• Experience underwriting HELOCs and 2nd mortgages strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of experience as an underwriter.
• Ability to manually calculate income across all Non-QM programs.
• Demonstrated ability to independently review and clear.
• Proficiency in Encompass, with the ability to navigate workflows and manage conditions.
• High-volume underwriting background, 50+ initial underwrites per month.
• Strong understanding of Non-QM guidelines, investor overlays, and risk layering.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to document decisions.
• Strong critical-thinking, independent decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Commitment to loan quality, compliance, and responsible lending.

Responsibilities

• Manually underwrite mortgage loan transactions to company and investor credit guidelines
• Perform quality control audits of third-party vendor to ensure compliance with guidelines
• Review loan scenarios and communicate eligibility to correspondents and wholesale clients
• Collaborate with internal staff to clear purchase/funding eligibility conditions
• Work with processing staff to clear loan conditions throughout the process
• Assist in handling loan-level credit and compliance questions and in updating standards and procedures
• Any other duties as requested by management

Skills

Non-QM underwriting

HELOCs & 2nd mortgages

15+ years underwriting

Income calculation

Customer communications

High-volume underwriting

Non-QM guidelines

Investor overlays

Quality & compliance

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Communicate decisions

Tools

Encompass

Job description

Why Deephaven Mortgage?

Deephaven Mortgage has been a pioneer and leader in non-QM since our origin in 2012. Our longevity and strength in the non-QM space has allowed a significant number of borrowers to achieve homeownership who otherwise would not have under traditional requirements. Deephaven champions mortgage borrowers whose independence, entrepreneurial drive and determination are often the very reason they cannot qualify for a traditional loan.

We continuously and responsibly innovate new mortgage products and programs that put homeownership within reach of millions of borrowers and investors that need and deserve financing through lending ingenuity that is supported by common-sense underwriting.

Deephaven is comprised of two lending platforms. Our wholesale channel offers loans through a network of over 1,000 independent mortgage brokers. Our correspondent channel buys loans from over 200 correspondent partners.

Deephaven’s headquarters are in Charlotte, North Carolina. To learn more about our innovative loan solutions please visit www.deephavenmortgage.com or email us at [e-mail].

Job Overview

In this role, you will be responsible for evaluating complex mortgage loan applications that fall outside traditional Qualified Mortgage (QM) guidelines. You will assess borrower risk based on alternative documentation, ensure compliance with company policies and investor guidelines, and play a key role in decision‑making for loan approvals.

What You’ll Do

• Manually underwrite mortgage loan transactions submitted by our Correspondent and Wholesale lending clients to company and investor credit guidelines

• Perform quality control audits of our third-party vendor to ensure mortgage loans met all company and investor credit guidelines and requirements

• Review loan scenarios and communicate purchase/funding eligibility requirements to our Correspondent and Wholesale lending clients

• Collaborate with internal staff (e.g., Underwriters, Account Managers, Processors, Closers, Operations Management, etc.) of our correspondent lending clients, brokers and third party‑vendors throughout the review process to clear purchase/funding eligibility conditions

• Work closely with processing staff to clear loan conditions throughout the process

• Assist in handling loan‑level credit and compliance questions & issues and in the preparation and dissemination of updated mortgage underwriting and compliance standards and procedures

• Any and all other duties as requested by management

Job Requirements

• Recent, hands‑on Non‑QM underwriting experience is required, including, but not limited to:

• Experience underwriting HELOCs and 2nd mortgages strongly preferred.

• 15+ years of experience as an underwriter

• Ability to manually calculate income across all Non‑QM programs, including complex self‑employed borrower profiles, layered income sources, and variable cash flow.

• Demonstrated ability to independently review and clear:

• Proficiency in Encompass, with the ability to navigate workflows, analyze documentation, and manage conditions efficiently.

• High‑volume underwriting background, managing 50+ initial underwrites per month while maintaining quality, accuracy, and fast SLAs.

• Strong understanding of Non‑QM guidelines, investor overlays, compensating factors, and risk layering.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly document decisions and collaborate with sales, processors, and closers.

• Strong critical‑thinking, independent‑decision‑making, and problem‑solving skills.

• Commitment to loan quality, compliance, and responsible lending.

Compensation

The compensation band for this role begins at $52.88 per hour, plus a performance based monthly bonus plan.

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Our Perks

Flexible Time to Recharge – Personalized Time Off for What Matters (because rest isn’t one-size fits all)

Future Finance Focused – Generous employer‑matched 401(k) plan

Community Connect – Philanthropy Committee that creates charitable initiatives

Health from Day One – Comprehensive health insurance starting on day one of employment

Family Matters – Competitive maternity and paternity leave

Culture & Celebrations – Culture Committee with team‑building events and celebrations

Ideas Welcome – Encouraging thought leadership and innovation

Guidance & Growth – Mentorship opportunities for career development

Perk Up – Exclusive discounts on travel, tech, pets, legal, and more