Who We Are:
FortiFi (formerly Energy Efficient Equity) is a growing specialty lender providing secured financing in the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) sector for both residential and commercial properties.
Founded in 2015, FortiFi has grown to become a leading player in the PACE sector headed by a seasoned management team with an extensive amount of specialty finance.
Some of our highlights include:
In 2021, FortiFi completed its 2nd ABS transaction of $125MM in PACE Bonds.
FortiFi also secured an additional $150MM in warehouse capacity in 2021 which we’re using to originate new assets.
FortiFi has experienced significant growth: Since 2015, FortiFi has expanded its territories in California, entered the Florida market in late 2019 and is looking to expand territories again.
FortiFi has served over $300M in loan originations to date across CA and FL markets.
We’re growing our team of smart, dedicated, passionate people looking to make a difference not only in the finance space, but in the communities around us!
Who We’re Seeking:
We’re building out the data, infrastructure, tools, and applications to support our business and having fun doing it!
In this role, you will design, develop, and deploy FortiFi’s newest product features that support the loan financing cycle.
This includes the loan origination application, the tools our underwriters use to process loans and pay contractors, the tools our finance managers use to issue bonds, and much more.
Key Responsibilities:
Build the applications our customers use to apply for loans and submit their documentation.
For example, we need to verify our customer’s identity and we have integrated biometric identity verification as part of our application process.
Develop tools our operations teams use to underwrite and manage loan applications.
We fetch credit and lien reports as well as pull property data and extract this data for underwriters to make quick decisions.
Write scrapers and REST clients that fetch and pull loan, income, property, and regulatory data from third party financial services
Improve our operations, sales and finance process through the implementation of technology.
Contribute to our strong engineering culture which values objective decision-making.
Experience & Qualifications:
Deep understanding of either Python or Javascript (React) as demonstrated through professional experience building full stack web applications.
Experience with modern front-end engineering (preferably React) including HTML, CSS and related web technologies.
Ability to build HTTP REST Clients and Services in Python which integrate with 3rd party APIs and bonus if you have used the Django REST Framework.
Working knowledge of SQL & Relational Databases (preferably PostgreSQL)
You believe in automation, testing and instrumentation and have demonstrated it throughout your career.
3+ years of full time industry experience building high performing web applications.
You are an excellent communicator with a desire to share and learn.
Experience building financial or real estate applications is strongly preferred.
Degree in Computer Science or related field.
In-Office Environment and Physical Demands:
This position operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, and filing cabinets
Work environment is indoors with majority of time spent sitting at a desk
Ability to stand, bend, stoop, sit, walk, twist and turn
Ability to use a computer keyboard and calculator
Ability to lift up to 25 pounds occasionally
Details: This is a remote based position (remote during and post the COIVD19 Pandemic), full-time position.
Evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.
Travel other office locations as needed.
FortiFi offers competitive salaries, performance bonuses, and benefits including healthcare, vision, dental, EAP, and a 401(k) with employer matching!
We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment.
As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.