loanDepot

Lead Front End Software Engineer (Angular/React)

loanDepot • $138K — $190K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Reposted 4 days ago
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in building enterprise-grade applications.
  • Strong skills in single-page application development using Angular or React.
  • Understanding of responsive CSS design and UI frameworks like Tailwind or Bootstrap.
  • Familiarity with state management libraries such as NgRx or Redux.
  • Experience deploying applications on Microsoft Azure and knowledge of related services.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Product Owners to convert user stories into actionable technical designs and implementations.
  • Develop and enhance high-performance, modern UIs with Angular or React.
  • Contribute to both web and mobile applications within a large enterprise setting.
  • Lead technical design discussions for complex features, collaborating with various teams.
  • Produce clean, maintainable code that prioritizes performance and testability.
  • Utilize AI-assisted tools to improve development efficiency and code quality.
  • Play an active role in code reviews and ensure adherence to best practices.

Benefits

  • Inclusive and diverse company culture fostering collaboration.
  • Professional development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement.
  • Comprehensive benefits package encompassing health coverage.
  • Wellness programs aimed at supporting mental and physical health.
  • Generous paid time off policies to enhance work-life balance.
Full Job Description
Description

Position at loanDepot

Position Summary:

We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer to help design, build, and evolve mello®, loanDepot's flagship digital mortgage platform. This role focuses on building high-quality, scalable web and application experiences while leveraging modern engineering practices and AI-assisted tooling to increase velocity and reliability. You'll play a key role in shaping technical designs, delivering complex features, and mentoring peers-while remaining hands-on and deeply engaged in day-to-day development.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with Product Owners to translate user stories into technical designs, estimates, and clean implementations.
  • Build and maintain modern, responsive, high-performance UIs using Angular (preferred) or React.
  • Contribute across web, mobile, and desktop applications in a large enterprise environment.
  • Lead technical design on moderately complex features and user stories, engaging Architecture, Data, and Security teams as needed.
  • Write well-structured, maintainable code with testability and performance as core principles.
  • Leverage AI-assisted and agentic development tools to accelerate coding, refactoring, testing, and documentation.
  • Actively participate in code reviews and design discussions, raising quality and consistency across the team.
  • Ensure solutions follow security best practices, particularly around customer and financial data.
  • Assist in diagnosing and resolving production issues, contributing to root-cause analysis and long-term fixes.
  • Mentor junior engineers and help reinforce engineering best practices.

Requirements:

  • Frontend & Application Development
    • Strong experience building single-page applications using Angular (preferred) or React.
    • Solid understanding of responsive CSS design and UI frameworks such as Tailwind, Bootstrap, or Foundation.
    • Experience with state management libraries (NgRx, Redux, Akita, or similar).
    • Working knowledge of RxJS, Observables, and async programming patterns in Angular.
  • Engineering Practices
    • Demonstrated commitment to code quality, including unit testing, code reviews, and clean design.
    • Experience designing applications suitable for CI/CD pipelines, with clear dependency boundaries.
    • Familiarity with AI-assisted / agentic tooling for software development (e.g., code generation, test creation, refactoring assistance).
  • Platform & Cloud
    • Experience developing and deploying applications on Microsoft Azure, including:
      • Azure Functions
      • Azure Storage (Blobs)
      • Azure Service Bus
      • API Management
      • Service Fabric
      • Power Automate
      • Dynamics 365
    • Full-stack experience with Microsoft technologies (Visual Studio, SQL Server) is a plus.
  • Experience & Background
  • Bachelor's Degree preferred.
  • 5+ years of professional experience building enterprise-grade applications.
  • Experience in mortgage, fintech, or loan servicing platforms (e.g., Empower) is a plus.
  • Employees located within a commutable distance of our hub offices (Irvine, Scottsdale, Chandler, Southfield, or Plano) are expected to work on-site four days per week.

Why work for #teamloanDepot:

  • Work with other passionate, purposeful, and customer-centric team members.
  • Inclusive, diverse, and collaborative culture where people from all backgrounds can thrive.
  • Extensive internal growth and professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement.
  • Comprehensive benefits package including Medical/Dental/Vision.
  • Wellness program to support both mental and physical health.
  • Generous paid time off options to support work-life balance.

Base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay for this role is between $138,000 and $190,500. Your base pay will depend on multiple individualized factors, including your job-related knowledge/skills, qualifications, experience, and market location.

About loanDepot

LoanDepot, sometimes stylized as loanDepot, is a Lake Forest, California-based holding company which sells mortgage and non-mortgage lending products. In 2015, the company claimed to be the second largest non-bank provider of direct-to-consumer loans in the United States. LoanDepot was founded in 2010 by entrepreneur Anthony Hsieh, who had previously founded mortgage companies LoansDirect.com which he sold to E*Trade, and HomeLoanCenter.com, which he sold to LendingTree. The company's products at the time included fixed rate, jumbo, FHA and home equity loans, in addition to more controversial adjustable-rate mortgages and negative amortization products. In November 2015, the company postponed a planned IPO, citing poor market conditions. In March 2017, the company introduced technology to automate the loan process, allowing customers to apply for a mortgage without talking to a loan officer. In January 2018, the company announced two products as part of its technology platform, now called Mello, a home improvement unit to allow contractors to offer financing to customers, and Mello Home, a platform to connect pre-approved buyers to realtors. In September 2019, the company partnered with Century 21 Redwood Realty to form a new mortgage platform for the mid-Atlantic area, Day 1 Mortgage. loanDepot went public on the New York Stock Exchange on February 11, 2021 under the ticker symbol LDI.
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Market Cap
$453.5 million
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Founded
2010
5 Year Trend
+26.8%
NASDAQ
LDI
* Ladders Estimates

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