Senior Software Engineer, Front End

Who we are

Tomo is a digital mortgage company on a mission to eliminate the greed and complexity in lending, helping homebuyers save thousands of dollars. Our AI-driven customer experience makes the lending process faster, less frustrating, and more affordable. By passing these savings directly to homebuyers, we eliminate excessive fees and inflated rates that cost Americans billions each year. Backed by top-tier venture investors, including Ribbit, DST, NFX and Progressive, Tomo is poised to become one of the most valuable fintech startups of our generation.

Senior Software Engineer, Front End

Location:  Remote, US. Candidates located near Seattle, WA, Detroit, MI or New York, NY may work from our offices there whenever they choose to.

Reports To: Engineering Manager

Type: Full-Time; Remote

You’ll be joining our demand generation team whose mission is to build transparent, delightful experiences to demystify the mortgage process, empowering homebuyers to purchase with confidence.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has empathy for users and enjoys building customer-facing products that improve the home buying journey from discovery to closing.
• Brings their own unique background and experiences to the team, adding fresh ideas and perspectives.
• Thrives in a startup environment with ambiguity and enjoys collaborating to figure out the best path forward.
• Is a team-first engineer who jumps in to fight fires, provides constructive feedback, and always thinks about both the customer and Tomo as a whole.
• Continuously hones their craft as a software engineer and stays current with new trends and technologies, especially in frontend engineering and AI.
• Has experience appropriately leveraging LLMs in software engineering and is excited to push our capabilities further.
• Eagerly mentors and collaborates with other members of the team.
• Works independently and makes sound decisions without requiring heavy oversight.
• Enjoys working with a geographically distributed team (US)

What you'll do:

• Build high performance customer experiences using a combination of Typescript, React, Next.js, Tailwind, Storybook, Vitest and a mix of client- and server-side rendered pages
• Lead scoping and definition for team project work.
• Support deployed systems in production as part of an on-call rotation.
• Drive healthy software engineering practices – including code review, automated testing (95% code coverage), and continuous delivery
• Work closely with user experience designers in promoting accessibility best practices, design languages and brand recognition efforts
• Partner with other engineers to define API contracts and the structure of the backend, server, and client components

What makes you a great fit:

• A history (5+ years) of delivering meaningful software projects to production – from conception through design, delivery, and iteration
• Experience with delivering high-quality customer experiences on large consumer-facing websites, including a deep understanding of front-end technology stacks and how to use them to produce performant, satisfying, well-crafted user experiences.
• An understanding of modern software engineering practices, including logging, monitoring, continuous deployment, and automated testing
• Expertise with React and/or Next.js
• You’re inquisitive, ready to engage in vibrant debate, make difficult decisions quickly, learn continuously and mentor your teammates to do the same

You might also have:

• Expertise with SEO, site performance, and tools like PageSpeed Insights and Lighthouse.
• Familiarity with financial services, fintech, real estate, or home lending technology systems.
• Experience with AWS and cloud-based deployment and operational contexts.