dv01 is lifting the curtain on the largest financial market in the world: structured finance. The $16+ trillion market is the backbone of everyday activities that empower financial freedom, from consolidating credit card debt and refinancing student loans, to buying a home and starting a small business.
dv01’s data analytics platform brings unparalleled transparency into investment performance and risk for lenders and Wall Street investors in structured products. As a data-first company, we wrangle critical loan data and build modern analytical tools that enable strategic decision-making for responsible lending. In a nutshell, we're helping prevent a repeat of the 2008 global financial crisis by offering the data and tools required to make smarter data-driven decisions resulting in a safer world for all of us.
More than 400 of the largest financial institutions use dv01 for our coverage of over 75 million loans spanning mortgages, personal loans, auto, buy-now-pay-later programs, small business, and student loans. dv01 continues to expand coverage of new markets, adding loans monthly, and developing new technologies for the structured products universe.
YOU WILL:- Build client-facing APIs and AI-powered tooling: Contribute to dv01's External API products and AI assistant, designing RESTful endpoints, integrating structured finance domain knowledge into conversational interfaces, and connecting external tools to dv01's data platform.
- Integrate with modern connectivity standards: Work with MCP and similar integration patterns to connect AI agents and external tools to dv01's data platform, enabling seamless interoperability across client workflows.
- Model complex structured finance transactions: You will extract deal structures from offering memorandums, trustee reports, and other legal documents and create programmatic representations of the deals.
- Enhance and go to market with dv01’s revolutionary on-demand reporting tool: Partner internally with Credit Facility Reporting team to further develop the client-facing on-demand borrowing base reporting tool.
- Interact with a diverse team: We operate in a highly collaborative environment, which means you’ll interact with internal domain experts, product managers, engineers, and designers on a daily basis.
- A well-rounded engineer: You have a deep appreciation for engineering fundamentals holding over 6 years of experience. You understand the importance of writing tests, designing systems for long-term maintainability, and coming up with and evaluating different engineering approaches.
- Knowledgeable with structured finance: You have extensive experience with structured finance, including securitizations and credit facility transactions.
- Familiar with web application development: You have a good understanding of web technologies and are eager to build your skills in back-end development. You've worked on small projects or contributed to larger ones, gaining experience with APIs, databases, and creating simple, user-friendly interfaces. You're excited to learn more about building scalable applications and exploring how web development can integrate with complex data and financial systems.
- Curious about AI and API design: You're interested in how LLMs and well-designed APIs can make complex financial data more accessible. Prior experience is a plus but not required.
- Detail-oriented: You are meticulous about getting the small details right, but also a big picture thinker capable of abstracting specifics into global patterns.
- Forward-thinking: Proactive and innovative, with the ability to explore uncharted solutions and tackle challenges that don’t have predefined answers.
BENEFITS & PERKS:
- Unlimited PTO. Unplug and rejuvenate, however you want—whether that’s vacationing on the beach or at home on a mental-health day.
- $1,000 Learning & Development Fund. No matter where you are in your career, always invest in your future. We encourage you to attend conferences, take classes, and lead workshops. We also host hackathons, brunch & learns, and other employee-led learning opportunities.
- Remote-First Environment. People thrive in a flexible and supportive environment that best invigorates them. You can work from your home, cafe, or hotel. You decide.
- Health Care and Financial Planning. We offer a comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance package for you and your family. We also offer a 401(k) for you to contribute.
- Stay active your way! Get $138/month to put toward your favorite gym or fitness membership — wherever you like to work out. Prefer to exercise at home? You can also use up to $1,650 per year through our Fitness Fund to purchase workout equipment, gear, or other wellness essentials.
- New Family Bonding. Primary caregivers can take 16 weeks off 100% paid leave, while secondary caregivers can take 4 weeks. Returning to work after bringing home a new child isn’t easy, which is why we’re flexible and empathetic to the needs of new parents.
In good faith, our salary range for this role is $140,000 - $155,000 but are not tied to it. Final offer amount will be at the company’s sole discretion and determined by multiple factors, including years and depth of experience, expertise, and other business considerations. Our community is fueled by diverse people who welcome differing points of view and the opportunity to learn from each other. Our team is passionate about building a product people love and a culture where everyone can innovate and thrive.
dv01 is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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