Salient
Sr Software Engineer, Core Product
New
190000 –260000 USD / yearUSASenioraiproduct developmentfrontendbackend
Senior Software Engineer role focused on building and enhancing core AI platform for automating loan servicing in the financial industry.
About the company
- We’re building the AI infrastructure powering the future of financial operations - starting with automating the most painful and complex workflows in loan servicing.
- Backed by a16z and Y Combinator, with $65M raised in Series A funding.
- 8-figure ARR < 2 years already serving > 20% of the auto lending industry, and processing millions of real customer calls and transactions daily.
- Fully deployed with major financial institutions - not just PoCs.
- We are expanding into new financial services segments!
- In-person office culture in San Francisco, CA.
- We're fully integrated with our customers, own the full stack, and are moving fast to bring modern AI into regulated industries where precision, reliability, and performance matter most.
Responsibilities
- We're seeking a Software Engineer - Core Product to help us reshape how millions of loans are serviced through artificial intelligence. As a Product Engineer at Salient, you'll build and enhance our AI platform that automates and improves every aspect of loan servicing - from payment processing to fraud prevention to customer support. You will be responsible for both the 0→1 MVP development and the 1→10 growth and scaling of a product. You'll work directly on features that help lenders better serve their customers while improving compliance and reducing risk.
- Develop complete features across both frontend and backend layers of our application
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code with appropriate test coverage
- Troubleshoot and debug complex issues across the technology stack
- Optimize application performance and scalability
- Own both product manager and software engineer responsibilities
- Balance technical considerations with user needs and business goals
- Incorporate customer feedback into product and features
Requirements
- 4+ years of software engineering experience
- Strong Python proficiency
- Proven track record of shipping user-focused products
- Excellence in cross-functional collaboration and communication
- Deep empathy for user needs and passion for user experience
- Enjoy being hacky - getting something out to the customer as soon as possible
- Experience building scalable systems
- We’re hiring for full stack and backend roles
- Ability to work 4 days a week from our San Francisco office (open to candidates willing to relocate)
Nice to have
- Experience in highly regulated industry
- Combination of both big tech and start-up experience
- Knowledge of auto loan servicing
- At Salient, we’re building at the edge of AI - fast, focused, and with real ownership. Sprints and major launches move quickly, and we look for people who are energized by that pace and ready to collaborate in person 4 days a week in our San Francisco office with a start time of 8:00 AM .
- We also offer a benefits package designed to support our full-time employees: medical, dental, and vision coverage , a generous 401(k) , and catered lunches .
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