Jobs at Lower

Build and optimize high-performance Vue 3 and Node.js SSR applications for a large-scale real estate marketplace. Responsibilities include improving Core Web Vitals, hydration, rendering, caching, JavaScript runtime performance, SEO, and scalability. The role involves profiling applications, implementing SSR/CSR strategies, writing tested code, reviewing architecture, mentoring engineers, collaborating across teams, and using AI-assisted development tools.

Develop and maintain automated web and API tests using Playwright, TypeScript, and related tools. Expand regression, smoke, integration, and release-validation coverage; investigate failures; perform exploratory testing; document defects; and collaborate with QA, engineering, product, and design teams. Support CI/CD test integration, troubleshoot flaky tests, validate financial and mortgage workflows, and improve automation practices and product reliability.

Design and own scalable data warehouse components, ingestion pipelines, dbt models, marts, and reusable data assets using Snowflake and related technologies. Lead complex initiatives, troubleshoot production pipelines, improve data quality and architecture, collaborate with business and BI stakeholders, and mentor engineers. The role also involves using AI-assisted development tools and supporting reporting, analytics, and executive decision-making.

Lead and develop a software engineering team while remaining technically engaged in architecture, code and design reviews, debugging, delivery planning, operational support, and engineering quality. Partner with Product, Design, QA, and engineering leadership to prioritize work, manage risks, remove blockers, support career growth, hire engineers, and improve development practices, reliability, security, observability, testing, and AI-assisted engineering productivity.

Leads architecture and evolution of scalable distributed systems across engineering teams. Drives technical initiatives from design through delivery, improves developer productivity and platform reliability, mentors engineers, establishes engineering standards, manages technical risks and tradeoffs, and influences long-term technology direction. The role requires full-stack development expertise, strong systems fundamentals, cross-functional leadership, and experience with modern cloud, web, database, DevOps, and AI-assisted development technologies.

Design, develop, test, deploy, and support scalable full-stack software across frontend, backend, APIs, services, and data layers. Own complex technical projects, make architecture and tradeoff decisions, optimize performance, contribute to DevOps and security practices, and use AI-assisted development tools. Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, QA, and business partners while mentoring engineers, conducting code reviews, documenting systems, and improving engineering practices.

Assist with semi-monthly, multi-state payroll processing, including commissions, bonuses, overtime, tax setup, employee data maintenance, timesheet corrections, payroll inbox support, issue troubleshooting, and reporting. The role requires accurate and timely responses to employee and manager questions while maintaining payroll records and supporting miscellaneous payroll activities.

Lead the Homeownership product workstream end-to-end: define strategy and roadmap, write detailed requirements, prioritize using data and business goals, align cross-functional teams, unblock delivery, and measure success by home claim rate, engagement, and conversion into Lower mortgage products. Present progress to executives.

Lead the Borrower Experience product end-to-end: define strategy and roadmap, prioritize using customer data and business goals, write detailed requirements, coordinate cross-functional teams, improve funnel conversion and self-service, and present progress to executives.