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Head of Underwriting

Pylon · NYC or Palo Alto (in office) · On-site

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About Pylon

Backed by a16z.

About the role

Pylon is building software-driven, real-time mortgage underwriting. Our Decisioning engine evaluates borrower data and underwriting guidelines to automate credit decisions that traditionally move through manual underwriting queues.

What they're looking for

  • Significant mortgage underwriting and underwriting-leadership experience
  • Strong preference for scaled wholesale lending experience
  • Experience operating at hundreds or thousands of loans per month
  • Excellent credit judgment and deep knowledge of underwriting guidelines and exceptions
  • Ability to make implicit domain expertise explicit and systematic
  • Strong process and quality orientation
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 .

Pylon is building software-driven, real-time mortgage underwriting. Our Decisioning engine evaluates borrower data and underwriting...

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