Software Engineer

Chestnut • San Francisco, CA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Chestnut is hiring a Software Engineer to help Americans save billions of dollars per year. Chestnut is the first AI mortgage lender. Our AI agents automate the mortgage process and save consumers 0.5%+ in interest. The company was founded in January 2025 and recently completed YC X25. To start, you’ll help build automated mortgage brokering. Later you could become the product owner for brokering and/or an engineering leader. Some of your first initiatives will include: Quickly ramping on mortgage. Qualifying more leads by extending our AI voice agent. Boosting our close rate with beautiful rate quotes. Automating loan processing with browser agents and automated underwriting. Helping define Chestnut’s culture by writing, recruiting, and role modeling.

Requirements

• Hunger for high-focus, high-growth work.
• Ability to build robust full-stack solutions.
• Excellent communication skills.
• 5+ years experience in full-time engineering/engineering management roles.

Nice To Haves

• Production use of LLMs and other modern AI tools.
• History of hacking on side projects.
• Interest in people management/mentoring.
• Experience working with sensitive data (finance, biotech, etc.).
• Desire to found your own company some day.

Responsibilities

• Help build automated mortgage brokering.
• Become the product owner for brokering and/or an engineering leader.
• Quickly ramp on mortgage.
• Qualify more leads by extending our AI voice agent.
• Boost our close rate with beautiful rate quotes.
• Automate loan processing with browser agents and automated underwriting.
• Help define Chestnut’s culture by writing, recruiting, and role modeling.

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Vision
• Dental
• Meals
• Gym (Dogpatch Boulders)
• Commute costs
• Laptop
• Custom workstation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed