Software Engineer II at Valon Tech
New York, NY
$170,000–$200,000
Jul 22, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An early-career software engineering role at a mortgage servicing fintech, focused on designing and building backend infrastructure that handles complex regulatory requirements at scale. The work involves collaborating with product and design teams and spans web, mobile, distributed systems, or infrastructure depending on the candidate's background. A good fit for someone with about a year of experience who wants broad ownership in a regulated financial domain.
Junior level · 1+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 19,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 14,300–24,700
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The posting does not include an explicit level in the title ('Software Engineer' with no modifier), so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The 1-year minimum experience requirement and entry-level framing ('learning new concepts quickly', 'building quality software applications at scale') support a Junior classification.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field' without an 'or equivalent experience' escape clause, so it is treated as a hard requirement.
The tech stack (Python, React, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP) appears only in the narrative 'Our tech stack is built on…' section, not in a requirements or qualifications block, so all five are marked as preferred rather than hard gates.
Compensation is described only as 'competitive salary' with no figures provided; no comp range is extractable.
The posting notes the base salary range 'reflects multiple levels,' suggesting this requisition may be used to hire across Junior and Mid bands simultaneously.
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