We are looking for an experienced software development manager to lead the creation of the services and applications that will change the mortgage industry completely! The team under your responsibility is directly responsible for building out a large component of our digital mortgage. Cross functional team with size from 5 - 8 individuals including a scrum master, designer and engineers of various types.

The Financial technology space "Fintech" is booming and Guaranteed Rate is at the center of it. We are focused on automating the mortgage process for consumers. Imagine getting a mortgage with no email, no faxing, no stack of papers in 10 days or less instead of 30 or more! If you have been through the process of buying a home you know how amazing this will be. We are the #8 lender in the country and one of only 2 that is independent (not a bank) so we are in a good spot to win this race. We have already made tremendous strides and we are looking for someone who wants to help us finish the job and disrupt the entire industry. 

Who is GR?

Guaranteed Rate is not your typical company and certainly not your typical mortgage company. We are young, technology driven, have tons of energy and we love what we do – get people and great priced mortgages alongside our impeccable customer service. We’re in a River North office with exposed brick and duct work, windows we can actually open during the summer and an open floor plan – no cubicle life here. The awesomeness doesn’t end there, we also have:

• Holiday parties? We got’em! Not just major holidays, any holiday….Mardi Gras, Valentine’s Day, St. Paddy’s Day, Opening Day, Boxing Day (for our Canadian employee), Sweetest Day, Groundhog Day, etc..
• Game room, library and white board paint for collaboration – yeah, it’s awesome.
• Access to our free GR nurse practitioner. Psshh who needs a doctor’s appointment when our nurse can do it all? Did we mention the free part?
• 401k with some matching, Blue Cross health care coverage – yup, dental and vision too, short-term disability, life insurance – we got ya covered on this one, legal assistance – for a small monthly fee.

So what do we want from you?

• Help our customers succeed by solving their challenging technical problems, all the way from design through to production operations.  This includes supervising their team’s workflow, hands-on resolution of customer issues, and managing problem escalation
• Recruit new members of the team this includes performing resume reviews, phone screens, in-person interviews, and making hiring decisions. 
• Contribute to internal technical projects, which can include software development, benchmarking, building documentation and training guides, and providing oversight on other engineers’ project work
• Optional, but encouraged: interact with the community at meet-ups and conferences

What you will bring to the table.

• Strong background in one or more of the following (ideally with some experience in the rest): Complex .com properties, Software development, Application design, Data architecture and design
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• The ability to think on your feet, remain calm under pressure, and solve problems in real-time
• Strong diagnostic/ troubleshooting process, with significant experience troubleshooting real, end-to-end technical issues
• The desire and ability to rapidly learn a wide variety of new technical skills

It'd be lovely if you also had...

• Experience coding in one or more of Javascript, CSS, HTML, Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, C#, Javascript and lovely if you know any functional programming
• Experience managing large scale databases (RDBMS or NoSQL or both)

More about Guaranteed Rate…

Guaranteed Rate is one of the ten largest retail mortgage lenders in the U.S. The company has become The Home Purchase Experts® by offering industry-leading self-service tools and low rate, low fee mortgages through an easy-to-understand process and unparalleled customer service. Headquartered in Chicago with approximately 175 offices across the U.S. and licensed in all 50 states, Guaranteed Rate has helped hundreds of thousands of homeowners with more than $65 billion in home purchase loans and refinances since 2000. Guaranteed Rate was ranked No. 1 in Scotsman Guide’s “Top Mortgage Lenders 2013” honors, and was recognized by Inc. magazine as the No. 4 private company job creator in the U.S. in 2013. Visit www.guaranteedrate.com for more information.