Valon Tech is looking for a Staff iOS Engineer - Consumer to lead the design and development of our flagship iOS app. You will drive the technical vision, architect mobile systems, and own major user-facing surfaces for our mortgage servicing platform.
What You'll Do
- Lead the design and development of Valon’s flagship iOS app, driving the technical vision, architectural direction, and long-term mobile roadmap.
- Own major user-facing surfaces, ensuring we deliver a fast, intuitive, and reliable experience to borrowers nationwide.
- Architect robust, extensible, and secure mobile systems that gracefully handle evolving federal, state, and agency regulations.
- Work cross-functionally with Product, Design, Backend, and Data to deliver delightful and compliant customer experiences.
- Mentor and level up other engineers, influencing best practices, code quality, and engineering culture.
- Dive deep into the mortgage ecosystem, developing an expert-level understanding of payments, escrow, compliance workflows, and loan lifecycle events.
- Champion mobile performance, testing strategy, and reliability, advocating for high standards and strong engineering rigor.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Deep expertise in Swift and the modern iOS ecosystem.
- A track record of building and shipping polished, high-impact iOS products at scale.
- Experience building mobile apps 0 to 1 from initial designs and infrastructure through to production deployment.
- Experience defining architecture and technical direction for complex mobile applications.
- Clear, structured communicator — able to drive alignment across Product, Design, and Backend engineering.
- Strong product instincts and the ability to balance elegant UX with system constraints and regulatory requirements.
- Ownership mindset — thrives in ambiguity, moves quickly, and is passionate about delivering end-to-end impact.
Nice to Have
- Experience with mobile-backend integration, offline-first design, security best practices, or distributed systems.
Technical Stack
- Swift
- iOS
Team & Environment
Join a tight-knit community of exceptional engineers from Stripe, Jane Street, Meta, and Google.
Benefits & Compensation
- Base Compensation Band: $150,000–$265,000 + meaningful equity ownership.
- Competitive salary + meaningful equity ownership + 401(k).
- Comprehensive medical, dental & vision coverage for you and your family.
- Pre-tax deductions for public transit, rideshare, and parking.
- Robust onboarding, L&D opportunities, and regular 360° review cycles.
- Quarterly budgets for team events, offsites, and fun experiences.
- Flexible PTO, sick days, and 11 company holidays.
- 12 weeks fully paid leave for all new parents.
Valon is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.


