Backed by a16z.
About the role
We've outgrown an agency-and-contractor approach to hiring. It's expensive, it's fragmented, and it doesn't compound. We need someone to build Pylon's talent function as a real, owned, in-house engine: one that consistently lands exceptional engineers and operators, faster and cheaper than the market, and makes Pylon a place those people never want to leave.
What they're looking for
- You've built or substantially scaled an in-house talent function at a high-growth startup (ideally somewhere between seed and Series C), and you've done it for technical, hard-to-fill engineering roles in a competitive market
- You are high agency and a player-coach. You can personally source and close a brilliant, hard-to-get engineer and design the process that lets ten other people do it. You don't wait for a system to exist, you build it
- You think from first principles and you're contrarian-and-correct. You have strong opinions about hiring, you're right more than you're wrong, and you'll push back on leadership when you should
- You can sell a hard mission. You make ambitious people want to take a risk, and you tell Pylon's story in a way that resonates with the best
- You are data-driven about pipeline, conversion, comp, and headcount, comfortable owning the numbers in a board and investor context
- You care about culture and retention as much as req-filling. You measure success in great people who stay and do their best work, not just offers signed
More about this role
America’s $13T mortgage market is one of the most important financial systems in the world. It underwrites the middle class and is the mechanism through which millions of families build wealth. But while every other financial instrument has been simplified to an API call, mortgages are still assembled by hand.
We started from zero and created the first vertically integrated mortgage platform that turns origination into a single API.
Publicly traded companies and the country’s largest originators are already building on Pylon. Revenue is compounding monthly. We’re backed by Peter Thiel, Conversion Capital, QED, Citi, Fifth Wall, and the founders of Ramp, Blend, and Mercury.
Working at Pylon isn’t for those seeking comfort. The people who thrive here have high agency, strong opinions, and a track record of delivering outcomes without direction. Many of us are former founders. We move quickly, challenge each other directly, and take full ownership of results. It’s hard work, but it will be worth it.
Join us in building America’s mortgage rails .
We've outgrown an agency-and-contractor approach to hiring. It's expensive, it's fragmented, and it doesn't compound. We need someone to...
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