Kiavi is one of the nation’s largest private lenders to residential real estate investors (REIs). We harness the power of data & technology to offer our customers a simpler, more reliable, and faster way to access the capital they need to scale their businesses.
Formerly known as LendingHome, we’re committed to helping REIs revitalize the approximately $25 trillion worth of aged U.S. housing stock to provide move-in ready homes and rental housing for millions of Americans across the country.
Combining our technology and industry expertise, Kiavi has grown to a team of over 400 and has won many awards over the years including Forbes Fintech 50, Finovate Awards, Best Digital Mortgage Platform, Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, and many more.
- Loans Funded: $27 billion in loans funded
- Homes financed: 100,000+ projects funded for our customers across the country
- Geography: 45 states + D.C. where we lend to REIs so they can revitalize neighborhoods
- Employees: Over 450 employees with competitive benefits and perks
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
We are looking for someone comfortable collaborating closely with all of these groups to enable excellent data-driven decision making. Given the cross-functional nature of the role, strong communication skills are critical. Great business analysts who can double as software engineers or excellent software engineers with an appetite for business analytics would be an ideal fit. Previous experience is preferred but not required. If you are interested in reinventing the largest market in the world, would find it fun to programmatically move 10's of millions of dollars per day, think technology can streamline very operational businesses, can handle hardcore quantitative analysis, appreciate great consumer experiences, have a thirst for simplicity in the face of complexity, and aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and learn something new, we'd love to talk to you.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Architect and build a reliable, effective, and scalable data infrastructure
- Design/maintain tools and frameworks that support building data pipelines that collect, connect, centralize, and curate data from various internal and external data sources
- Implement systems for tracking data quality and consistency
- Work closely with analysts, data scientists, and product engineers to understand data needs and design/maintain scalable data models
- Support future data-driven products
EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:
- 3+ years of applied big data experience
- Advanced skills in Java/Scala/Python
- Expertise in distributed database/columnar data store (Redshift/BigQuery)
- Familiarity with event streams and stream processing
- Excellent team-work and communication ability
- CS, Engineering, Math, or related quantitative discipline
- Mortgage background not required, but eager to learn the business
Technologies:
- Python, Ruby
- Postgres, Redshift, Redis
- AWS: EC2, S3
- Scipy or Matlab (optional)
Benefits and Perks
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance: Kiavi offers free employee-only coverage for medical, dental, and vision plans. Dependents receive a heavily discounted premium, competitively placed in the 90th percentile for cost.
- Health Savings Account (HSA): For those enrolled in a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP), Kiavi provides an annual employer contribution to HSAs: $500 for individual coverage and $1,000 for dependents.
- Disability and Life Insurance: Immediate access to short-term and long-term disability insurance, as well as group life and AD&D insurance, with coverage at 1x annual salary.
- Remote Work Policy: Kiavi supports working remotely for day to day activities for most roles and occasionally may ask employees to gather in person for key meetings, trainings, team building etc. For remote workers, Kiavi offers a one-time office setup reimbursement of up to $500 and a monthly $85 stipend for internet and phone expenses. For in-office workers, Kiavi offers employer contributions to commuter benefits account, either for parking or public transportation.
- Flexible Time Off: Employees are empowered to manage their own time off, with no strict limits, as long as it's approved by their manager.
- Paid Leaves: Up to 8 weeks of paid leave for medical or caregiver purposes, and 12 weeks of paid maternity/paternity leave. Short-term disability leave is also available for birthing mothers.
- 401(k) & Company Match: A 401(k) plan managed by Fidelity, with Kiavi matching 100% of contributions up to 3% of compensation or $6,000 (whichever is less). All employer contributions are immediately vested.
Protect yourself from recruitment scams:
- If you are offered an interview or a role with Kiavi, this will be communicated with you through email, via an official email address ending in @kiavi.com or @lendinghome.com.
- You will never be asked for payments of any kind during the process.
- We also never communicate with candidates via Whatsapp at any point during the recruitment process.
- We won’t ask for personal information or data via text message. If you have any concerns regarding how genuine a text message is, please contact your recruiter.
- You can find our official Kiavi careers page here. We advise you to check that the page details and website addresses match if you have any concerns.
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