Lead Front End Software Engineer (Angular / React)

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 :

Why work for #teamloanDepot :

About loanDepot :

loanDepot (NYSE : LDI) is a digital commerce company committed to serving its customers throughout the home ownership journey. Since its launch in 2010, loanDepot has revolutionized the mortgage industry with a digital-first approach that makes it easier, faster, and less stressful to purchase or refinance a home. Today, loanDepot enables customers to achieve the American dream of homeownership through a broad suite of lending and real estate services that simplify one of life's most complex transactions. With headquarters in Southern California and offices nationwide, loanDepot is committed to serving the communities in which its team lives and works through a variety of local, regional, and national philanthropic efforts.

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.