VP, Engineering - Homebot

Homebot helps millions of people build wealth through homeownership. If you're a homeowner, we help you know your home value and make the best financial decisions you can. If you're buying, we're there to help you find the right home and win financially. Our business model is B2B2C, selling the software to lenders and real estate agents to help them be the trusted resource for their clients.

We help people succeed, and we drive that through our culture. Everyone is here to work for the mission, to help each other excel, to have the best time doing it, and to grow ourselves with an insatiable hunger to do what we do better. 

We're incredibly product-focused and believe solid technology enables that. As the VPE, you're at the top of your game, you've seen and solved a ton of hard challenges, and you're driven by solving huge technical problems with the best modern ideas. You're happy when your teams are happy, thriving, and cranking. You've been through startups, and some bigger teams, yet you're still highly technical and not afraid to figure out the details with the teams. This is the highest-level Engineering leader at Homebot.

This is a full-time position based in our Denver, CO office. (We have a hybrid work model in place that allows employees to split their time between working in-office and from home a few days a week.)

We are accepting applications on an ongoing basis.

Compensation: 

We are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation, including skills, qualifications, and professional experience, which can cause your compensation to vary.

This role has an annual targeted base salary range of $240,000 - $270,000, an annual 25% performance bonus target, and participation in Homebot's Equity Appreciation Program.

For additional details on our total benefits package, please review the section “Why Homebot?” at the end of this job description.

Responsibilities:

You will be the highest level engineering leader (no CTO), responsible for managing and growing our Engineering, Business Intelligence, and Trust (Security & Privacy) Team.

• Work with our talented leaders to drive technical vision and architecture across our apps, APIs, data pipelines, AI/ML stacks
• Scale high-performing, fast-moving, successful engineering teams, fostering growth, skills, and happiness
• Grow, mentor, and manage technical leaders, ensuring their success
• Act as a solutions architect for the team when necessary, solving challenging cross-team problems
• Maintain products and systems of high technical integrity, ensuring quality, scale, uptime, and security
• Work hand in hand with Product to create and achieve ambitious goals with the teams
• Manage engineering operations, budgets, and resources
• Act as a cultural carrier for the company and effectively manage through change
• Collaborate across the company to design solutions, ensuring all stakeholders are accounted for

Requirements:

You're at the top of your game, you haven't grown too far away from code, you dive deep when needed, and love fueling talented teams.

• Experience leading engineering at high-growth companies
• Strong technical background in different architectures (microservices, monoliths, AI/ML, data pipelines)
• Experience in modern frameworks and technologies, such as React / Next.js, Ruby on Rails, data warehouses (such as Snowflake), data pipelines (such as Airflow, Dagster, Hightouch, etc.), machine learning, Kubernetes, Postgres, and more
• Track record scaling teams and developing leaders and individuals
• Excellence in system design and technical problem-solving
• Proven ability to balance technical excellence with business impact
• Track record of running highly successful, performant teams
• Strong product instincts and cross-functional leadership skills
• Insatiable desire to do huge things with amazing people

Who You'll Collaborate With:

• You will work closely with Product, Sales, Operations
• You will be joining a solid product and engineering organization of around 50 people

Bonus Points: 

• You are familiar with Real Estate and/or Mortgage Lending and the different stakeholders involved with homeownership

About Homebot Engineering:

Building amazing products begins with great people. We are a team that believes in what we do and care for each other. Our processes are a reflection of that. We have agile planning and development processes. We craft our code with care - leaning on clean code and clean architecture, always keeping in mind how a new engineer would understand it. Testing is important to us to better document and create confidence in deliveries. We have initiatives like our quarterly HIP sprints that enable engineers to drive efforts around hardening our applications or innovation through experimentation. 

Who We Strive To Be as Homebotters:

• We are Humbly Hungry
• We are Courageously Authentic
• We Challenge Limiting Beliefs
• We Keep our Eye on the Ball, Hand in the Dirt
• We win, lose and grow as a team, together!

Read about how we rolled out these values to the organization!

Why Homebot?

We believe in a collaborative, fun work environment. And when we say we have an awesome culture, we mean it. The team members, aka Homebotters, are not only passionate about our product but also about how they interact with each other. We push ourselves every day to be better, challenge each other to continuously grow, and to have fun doing it. We are professional when we need to be and goofy when it's time to celebrate a win. We realize we might be a little biased so we encourage you to check out our Glassdoor reviews and visit BuiltinColorado's Best Places to Work list (#91) and Best Midsize Places to Work (#44) for 2024!

With the mortgage and tech industries being highly male-dominated, we're proud to be a tech company in the mortgage space with ~40% female employees across the organization.

We appreciate and value what our team members do every day, so we offer some amazing benefits to reward them:

Perks/Benefits:

• Medical (Aetna) / Dental (Aetna) / Vision (VSP)
  • Homebot covers 99% for the employee and 70% for dependents *For 2 PPO plans
• 401(k) match
  • Homebot matches 100% on the first 3% and an additional 50% on the next 2% (Homebotter contributes 5% and receives 4% from Homebot!)
• Pet insurance
• Legal insurance
• Flexible Vacation Policy - we believe in taking care of yourself & rewarding team members so we offer a flexible time off policy!
• 6 days of Sick/Mental Health time
• Paid Parental Leave - 12 Weeks!
• Access to Wellhub (previously known as Gympass)
• Hybrid Working Model - Blend Work From Home and In-Office Days
• Budget for Home Office Setup
• Denver EcoPass for light rail and bus system
• Office location in downtown Denver (modern, spacious 4-story with top floor deck ⛰)
• Weekly catered lunches in-office on Thursdays
• Nitro cold brew, french press, and snacks (vegan, gluten-free and food allergy safe options available)
• Stocked beer/wine fridge
• Fun quarterly events like Rockies games, holiday parties, etc.
• Awesome culture! Awesome coworkers! (seriously, have you seen Glassdoor?)
• We give back to the community (Habitat for Humanity, Metro Caring, Giving Tree)
• Open work environment with sit/stand desks
• Financial Wellness Program
• Free Employee Assistance Program & Mental Health Coaches
• Educational Assistance Program
• Annual Training Budget for Professional Development
• Relocation Reimbursement: We are open to offering a one-time relocation reimbursement of up to $5K for qualified candidates who are planning to move to Colorado.

Our DEI Mission

Homebot values and is strengthened by diversity. We believe that everyone comes from a diverse set of backgrounds and each member brings different skills to the group. With that, we're committed to ensuring equity within as many aspects of our organization as we can. 

Homebot is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we encourage all applicants to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation including transgender status, national origin/ancestry, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, marital status, familial status or veteran status. We also encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description :)

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