CrossCountry Mortgage (CCM) is the nation's number one distributed retail mortgage lender with more than 9,000 employees operating over 700 branches and servicing loans across all 50 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico. Our company has been recognized ten times on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private businesses and has received many awards for our standout culture.
A culture where you can grow! CCM has created an exceptional culture driving employee engagement, exceeding employee expectations, and directly impacting company success. At our core, our entrepreneurial spirit empowers every employee to be who they are to help us move forward together. You’ll get unwavering support from all departments and total transparency from the top down.
CCM offers eligible employees a competitive compensation plan and a robust benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, as well as a 401K. We also offer company-provided short-term disability, an employee assistance program, and a wellness program.
Position Overview:
Senior Software Engineer I is an experienced technical role at CCM that combines strong individual contribution with leadership in project delivery, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration. Individuals in the Senior Software Engineer II role are expected to lead large-scale initiatives, contribute to cross-functional architectural decisions, and mentor other senior engineers. They are trusted to solve complex technical challenges and improve development practices that span multiple teams or services.
Job Responsibilities:
Lead the design and development of complex features and services across multiple applications. May lead cross-team initiatives and deliver scalable, reusable technical solutions.
Provide architectural input and help define long-term technical direction for projects.
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers on design, implementation, and career growth.
Perform thorough code reviews and uphold high standards for quality and maintainability.
Collaborate across engineering, product, and design teams to align on scope, feasibility, and delivery.
Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and long-term scalability concerns.
Drive adoption of engineering best practices within and across teams.
Build reusable services, libraries, and components that increase team efficiency.
Identify performance bottlenecks and implement scalable, resilient solutions.
Support CI/CD improvements, automated testing, and monitoring practices.
Write and maintain technical documentation for long-term support and onboarding.
Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and risk mitigation efforts.
Manage technical roadmaps and proactively address technical debt.
Collaborate on team processes that improve CI/CD, testing, and code quality.
Guide performance optimization and high availability design for critical services.
Act as a contributor in discovery, estimation, and delivery of large projects.
Foster a positive, inclusive, and productive engineering culture.
Qualifications and Skills:
Bachelor’s in computer science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
6–10 years of professional software engineering experience.
Experience mentoring developers and guiding technical discussions.
Experience designing and implementing scalable architectures and reusable components.
Proven expertise in at least two major areas of CCM’s tech stack (e.g., full-stack JS/.NET, cloud infrastructure, SQL/NoSQL databases).
Excellent debugging, system design, and performance tuning skills.
Expertise in system architecture, backend services, and scalable APIs.
Skill in managing ambiguity, driving alignment, and delivering consistently.
Familiarity with Agile development, DevOps practices, and secure coding standards.
Knowledge of mentoring methods and practices.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.
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CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC strives to provide employees with a robust benefit package: https://mycrosscountrybenefits.com
California residents: Please see CrossCountry’s privacy statement for information about how CrossCountry collects and uses personal information about California applicants.
CrossCountry Mortgage supports equal employment opportunity in hiring, development and advancement for all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, ancestry, marital status, uniformed service, covered veteran status, citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, and lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, domestic violence victim status (where applicable), protected hair style or texture, genetic information (testing or characteristics), or any other protected status of an individual or because of the individual’s association with a member of a protected group or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law (“Protected Characteristics”). The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation. The Company is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture that welcomes diversity and inclusion.
CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC (NMLS3029) is an FHA Approved Lending Institution and is not acting on behalf of or at the direction of HUD/FHA or the Federal government. To verify licensing, please visit www.NMLSConsumerAccess.org.
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