Principal Software Architect (C#/SQL/Azure Services)

• Leads technical strategy and produces reference implementations, tooling, and abstractions that accelerate teams (≈40–60% hands-on POCs/prototyping) in their area of expertise.
• Embed with teams for complex/novel initiatives to remove blockers and land critical designs in production.
• Provides input on policies and procedures to ensure that policies adequately govern the risk while still enabling value generation.
• Within their area(s) of expertise, maintains and extends the enterprise applications knowledgebase containing standards, templates and guidance for engineering teams.
• Introduce and scale new platform capabilities deliberately (experiments → pilots → guard railed rollout) with adoption plans and training.
• Establishes, communicates, and leads the adoption of enterprise application development standards and best practices across the enterprise. Influences peers to adopt program and projects to achieve efficiencies, has the “final” responsibility to resolve any application/technology issue in their area(s) of competence.
• Works well across time zones and with 3rd party resources.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, and/or a minimum of ten (10) + years in software architecture/large-scale systems with five (5) + years depth in at least one business-critical domain (e.g., cloud platform, microservices, data/streaming, AI/ML).
• Mortgage/FinServ experience preferred (SOX/SOC2/GLBA familiarity).
• Minimum five (5) + years’ experience in an identified business critical technology. For emerging/disruptive technology the experience requirement should be taken to mean demonstrable authoritative expertise.
• Expert with the Microsoft stack (C#, .NET, SQL) and Azure (AKS, ARM/Bicep/Terraform, managed services), multi-cloud awareness 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.

• 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.

loanDepot, America's lender, matches borrowers through technology and high-touch customer care with the credit they need to fuel their lives. As a fast-growing national consumer lender, the loanDepot platform is disrupting finance by dissolving the lines between mortgage and nonmortgage credit.

The company has funded over $100 billion in loans since inception, and is passionate about emerging financial technology and dynamic product delivery supported by excellent customer service to empower consumers.

Headquartered in Southern California, loanDepot employs 5,400+ lending professionals across the country including 1,700+ licensed loan officers who hold 10,000+ licenses. The company operates 180+ local loan locations nationwide. NMLS # 174457