About this role
Better is reimagining home finance and making it faster, cheaper, and easier for everyone to become a homeowner. We leverage creative technology and innovation to make the home buying journey more approachable and understandable and home finance more affordable and accessible. Here are some interesting facts to help you get to know Better:
- We’ve funded over $100 billion in loans for our customers, more than any other fintech
- Yahoo! Finance - Best Mortgage Lender for First Time Homebuyers of January 2025: Best lender for quick approval
- Yahoo! Finance - Best Mortgage Lenders of 2025: Best online mortgage lender
- Fintech Breakthrough Award: Best Lending Innovation Award
- Money Magazine - 8 Best Mortgage Lenders of 2025: Best for fast closing
- We are Forbes’ Best Online Mortgage Lender for 2023
- We have raised over $1.2 billion in equity capital to transform the mortgage industry, the largest financial asset class in the world
We are a place where smart, hungry, ambitious people who want to recognize their full potential thrive.
Better is reimagining home finance and making it faster, cheaper, and easier for everyone to become a homeowner. We leverage creative technology and innovation to make the home buying journey more approachable and understandable and home finance more affordable and accessible. Here are some interesting facts to help you get to know Better:
- We’ve funded over $100 billion in loans for our customers, more than any other fintech
- Yahoo! Finance - Best Mortgage Lender for First Time Homebuyers of January 2025: Best lender for quick approval
- Yahoo! Finance - Best Mortgage Lenders of 2025: Best online mortgage lender
- Fintech Breakthrough Award: Best Lending Innovation Award
- Money Magazine - 8 Best Mortgage Lenders of 2025: Best for fast closing
- We are Forbes’ Best Online Mortgage Lender for 2023
- We have raised over $1.2 billion in equity capital to transform the mortgage industry, the largest financial asset class in the world
We are a place where smart, hungry, ambitious people who want to recognize their full potential thrive.
A Better Opportunity
Better’s Collateral team is responsible for obtaining and reviewing all property-related documents associated with the loan transaction. This includes the valuation, title, homeowner’s insurance, and homeowner’s association if in a condominium. We are developing industry-leading technology to modernize these collateral processes, increase team member productivity, originate high-quality loans, and provide the best experience possible for our customers. You will become an expert on Agency, Non-Conforming, and HELOC policy guidelines and be exposed to other aspects of the loan origination process including sales, processing, underwriting, closing/funding, and capital markets. If you are passionate about delivering great customer service, developing a deep understanding of collateral policy, and building best-in-class technology this is a great opportunity to continue your career in mortgage lending.
Responsibilities
Members of the Project Certification team will be responsible for the following:
● Obtaining required project documents (questionnaires, budget, legal documents, insurance, etc) from Homeowner Associations (HOAs) and/or their Management Agencies
● Review required documentation to ensure compliance with investor project eligibility guidelines. This may include financial statements, legal documents, by-laws, inspection reports, offering plans, master insurance policies, etc.
● Communicate clearly and concisely with third parties (HOAs, management companies, insurance agents, municipalities, builders/developers, Realtors, etc) to seek needed clarification or resolve inquiries.
● Balance high productivity with high quality
● Serve as escalation point and subject matter expert for teammates in coordination, underwriting, and post-closing
Qualifications
● Prior real estate and/or mortgage experience required
● Familiarity with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, and Non-Conforming project eligibility guidelines (i.e. financial stability, condition, viability, litigation, etc) strongly preferred
● Ability to multitask and prioritize competing priorities with tight deadlines
● Initiative to suggest ideas for process and technology improvements
● Problem solving and critical thinking skills
● Effective verbal and written communication/presentation skills in English
● Proficiency in analyzing documents and meticulous attention to detail
● Focused & detail oriented
● Team-player that is passionate about helping their teammates and providing the best possible experience for our customers.
● Exercises good judgment and comfortable operating with ambiguous guidelines. Must be able to balance loan quality/risk management with speed, productivity, and customer experience
● Open to coaching, feedback, and mentoring
● Willingness to perform repetitive job duties with long-term goal of becoming a collateral subject matter expert and/or potential for lateral/upward job movement
Company Benefits
In Office Perks
Experience our comprehensive office perks, including daily meals and transport facility for commuting to and from the office, available for all employees coming to the office.
Health & Well-being
Our comprehensive medical plan is available for you, your spouse and dependents. Employees are covered under Mediclaim, Group Term life insurance and Accidental insurance.
Other Perks at Better
Experience flexibility with our night shift allowance, work from home allowance and transportation allowance, where applicable. We prioritize your convenience.
Company Benefits
We are thrilled to offer all our full-time employees the following benefit offerings:
- Benefits eligibility effective DAY ONE
- $0 medical plan premium offering coverage nationwide paired with our Health Savings Account that includes an employer contribution (Additional Medical, dental, vision plan options also all with nationwide coverage)
- Flexible PTO
- Immediate virtual mental health support by licensed therapists for our employees and their eligible dependents age 6 and up! First few visits at no cost to you!
- Personalized care for every fertility and family care journey for our employees and their partner!
- Dependent care benefits (i.e. childcare and/or elder care costs) and commuter benefits both include a company match!
- Discount programs and perks including pet Insurance!
The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided.
Disclaimer
Better Home & Finance Holding Company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment for our employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status, or any other reason protected by law.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Better will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.