Software Engineer

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Base pay range

$125,000.00/yr - $300,000.00/yr

This range is provided by Chestnut (YC X25). Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Overview

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. Founder Spencer Brown’s last startup built software used by a top-10 mortgage lender to power $85B+ of loan volume and all aspects of loan processing. Chestnut is licensed in Texas and Colorado where we offer several different types of home loans. We’re backed by Y Combinator, Olive Tree Capital (Uber, Postmates, Ramp), and other world-class investors. The company was founded in January 2025 and recently completed YC X25.

What to Expect

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.