Software Engineering Manager - Pennymac

PENNYMAC:

Pennymac (NYSE: PFSI) is a specialty financial services firm with a comprehensive mortgage platform and integrated business focused on the production and servicing of U.S. mortgage loans and the management of investments related to the U.S. mortgage market. 

 

At Pennymac, our people are the foundation of our success and at the heart of our dynamic work culture. Together, we work towards a unified goal of helping millions of Americans achieve aspirations of homeownership through the complete mortgage journey.

A Typical Day:

The technology team at Pennymac supports our vision through the emphasis in development of scalable applications leveraging the AWS cloud ecosystem. Working collaboratively, our teams look to leverage innovation and technology to better enhance our customer, vendor, and broker experiences. We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled, highly motivated, and self-driven Manager, Application Development. This is a key role in a system central to Pennnymac’s Loan Production ecosystem. The Manager will contribute to business and technology processes and solutions, and work with the team to partner in cloud-focused solution architecture, technology, development, and delivery.

 

• Provide leadership in empowering and guiding technology teams delivering value to our customers by leveraging Agile methodologies
• Hands-on technical contributor responsible for developing complex technical solutions, and providing guidance to developers on best practices for coding, design and testing
• Architect, plan and execute the best solution for the business, looking at reusability, extensibility, and maintainability
• Responsible for the triage, resolution, review and documentation of production incidents
• Proactive approach to identifying metrics, performance bottlenecks, and areas for improvement
• Improve reliability, quality, and time-to-market of our suite of software solutions with an eye toward pushing our capabilities forward, getting ahead of customer needs, and innovating for continual improvement
• Construct and maintain an environment and culture of integrity, trust, feedback, collaboration and continuous improvement
• Play a key role in hiring, retention, and growth of talent: attract, evaluate, coach and mentor technical engineers
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, connecting directly and effectively with cross-functional stakeholders at various levels
• A passion for learning, continuous improvement, sharing, and working in a team environment

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a related field or equivalent work experience
• 2+ years of experience in leading software engineering teams
• Ideal candidate has previous full stack engineering experience on both front end and back end technologies. Tech stack used is modern Python, Node, Typescript, and React
• Serverless technology architecture, development and delivery experience (preferably using AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway, AWS EventBridge)
• Experience with SQL (Postgres, SQL Server) and NoSQL (DynamoDb) solutions

Nice to have:

• AI & Machine Learning Concepts: A good grasp of core machine learning concepts (e.g. supervised/unsupervised learning, regression, classification, etc.) and common AI terms and acronyms (e.g. NLP, computer vision, deep learning, etc.) and how they apply to real-world problems 
• Identifying AI Opportunities: The ability to identify potential use cases for AI within the company's products, services, or processes.
• Experience with Cloud AI Platforms: Familiarity with cloud-based AI services (e.g. Amazon Bedrock, Google AI Platform) and tools for managing and deploying AI models at scale.
• Infrastructure-as-code experience (preferably on AWS platform)

 

 

LOCATION: Cary, NC 

WORK MODEL: Office

Why You Should Join:

As one of the top mortgage lenders in the country, Pennymac has helped over 4 million lifetime homeowners achieve and sustain their aspirations of home. Our vision is to be the most trusted partner for home. Together, 4,000 Pennymac team members across the country are guided by our core values: to be Accountable, Reliable and Ethical in all that we do. 

Pennymac is committed to conducting a business that makes positive contributions and promotes long-term sustainable growth and to fostering an equitable and inclusive environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. 

 

Benefits That Bring It Home: Whether you're looking for flexible benefits for today, setting up short-term goals for tomorrow, or planning for long-term success and retirement, Pennymac's benefits have you covered. Some key benefits include: 

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Paid Time Off Programs including vacation, holidays, illness, and parental leave 
• Wellness Programs, Employee Recognition Programs, and onsite gyms and cafe style dining (select locations)
• Retirement benefits, life insurance, 401k match, and tuition reimbursement 
• Philanthropy Programs including matching gifts, volunteer grants, charitable grants and corporate sponsorships

 

To learn more about our benefits visit: https://pennymacnews.page.link/benefits

 

Compensation: Individual salary may vary based on multiple factors including specific role, geographic location / market data, and skills and experience as defined below:

• Lower in range - Building skills and experience in the role
• Mid-range - Experience and skills align with proficiency in the role 
• Higher in range - Experience and skills add value above typical requirements of the role 

 

Some roles may be eligible for performance-based compensation and/or stock-based incentives awarded to employees based on company and individual performance. 

 

Salary:$95,000 - $155,000Work Model:OFFICE