Walker & Dunlop

Lead complex, cross-functional software delivery programs to translate strategic priorities into business outcomes. | Bachelor's degree and over 7 years experience in software delivery or technology leadership with Agile/SAFe proficiency. | Department: WDTech - R&D We are Walker & Dunlop. We are one of the largest providers of capital to the commercial real estate industry, enabling real estate owners and operators to bring their visions of communities — where people live, work, shop, and play — to life. We are committed to creating meaningful social, environmental, and economic change in our communities. WDTech is W&D’s in-house technology team – a group of collaborative and highly skilled technology professionals, all of whom are leading experts in real estate data, data science, and technology. WDTech Engineering builds solutions that impact not only our products but also the people and processes across our organization. A commitment to innovation and a passion for disrupting the old-fashioned real estate industry are our highest priorities. The Impact You Will Have As a Program Manager for Software Delivery, you will lead complex, cross-functional software delivery programs that translate WDTech’s strategic priorities into delivered business outcomes. You will partner closely with senior leadership, engineering, product, and design teams to drive alignment, manage dependencies and risks, and ensure successful execution across multiple initiatives. Your work will bring structure, visibility, and predictability to software delivery efforts through effective planning, governance, communication, and coordination. Success in this role will be measured not only by delivery outcomes, but also by your ability to improve delivery practices, strengthen operational clarity, and help teams execute effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Primary Responsibilities Lead and manage software delivery programs to ensure alignment with organizational strategy and business objectives. Define program goals, success metrics, and delivery roadmaps in collaboration with technology stakeholders. Coordinate cross-project dependencies, risks, timelines, and priorities to support cohesive end-to-end delivery. Establish and maintain governance, reporting, and communication frameworks that scale across teams and audiences. Drive collaboration and decision-making across engineering, product, design, and business teams throughout the delivery lifecycle. Identify and mitigate risks, issues, and blockers by surfacing concerns early and driving resolution plans. Ensure consistent and pragmatic use of delivery methodologies, including Agile, SAFe, and hybrid delivery models. Facilitate executive and cross-functional decision-making through concise insights, reporting, metrics, and recommendations. Champion continuous improvement in delivery practices, tooling, operational processes, and team collaboration. Support resource planning, capacity management, and prioritization activities across programs and teams. Perform other duties as assigned Education and Experience Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field required; equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. 7+ years of experience in software delivery, program management, or related technology leadership roles. 3+ years of experience managing multiple concurrent software delivery initiatives or programs. Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional software programs from initiation through delivery. Demonstrated experience working with senior leadership and executive stakeholders. Experience operating within enterprise-scale or SaaS technology environments. PMP, SAFe, or equivalent program/project management certification preferred. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Strong understanding of Agile frameworks and scaling methodologies (e.g., SAFe, LeSS), including the judgment to apply them pragmatically based on team and organizational needs. Solid understanding of modern software engineering and product delivery practices. Strong resource management skills, including forecasting, capacity planning, prioritization, and tradeoff analysis. Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate effectively across executive, product, and engineering audiences. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce concise status updates, risk summaries, and decision-support materials. Strong organizational skills with the ability to translate ambiguity into structured, actionable delivery plans. Experience with modern delivery tooling (e.g., Jira, Linear, Confluence) and an understanding of how tooling enables effective delivery practices. Demonstrated ability to identify, surface, and resolve risks before they become delivery issues. Ability to show ownership of your work, take on challenges and acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes Courtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders This position has an estimated base salary of $145,000 - $165,000 plus a discretionary bonus. An employment offer is based on the applicant’s relevant work experience, applicable knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data. #LI-MR1 #LI-Remote What We Offer The opportunity to join one of Fortune Magazine’s Great Places to Work winners Comprehensive benefit options* that have earned Walker & Dunlop the gold level of the 2025 Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation™, some of which include: - Up to 83% subsidized medical payroll deductions - Competitive dental and vision benefits - 401(k) + match - Pre-tax transit and commuting benefits - A robust health and wellness program – earn cash rewards and gain access to resources that promote health, engagement, and balance - Paid maternity and parental leave, as well as other family paid leave programs - Company-paid life, short and long-term disability insurance - Health Savings Account and Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Career development opportunities Empowerment and encouragement to give back – volunteer hours and donation matching *Eligibility may vary based on average number of hours worked EEO Statement We are committed to equity in all steps of the recruitment and employment experience. We believe in equal access to opportunities in our workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on any characteristic protected by applicable law, such as race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex, age, disability, veteran or military status, and genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We strive to be a safe place to ask questions, build professional relationships, and develop careers. SPAM Please be wary of recruitment scams. An indication of a scam might be a request for sensitive or bank information at the time of application or emails coming from a non walkerdunlop.com email address. Please call us at 301.215.5500, if you have any concerns about information requested during or after the application process. Fair Chance Hiring Background checks, including any questions related to infractions, arrests, or conviction records, will not be conducted until after a conditional offer of employment has been accepted. We will consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of arrest and conviction records, in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. Our experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to success, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it’s our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in our area.

Design and build scalable AI workflows and systems to improve loan platform efficiency and contribute to AI collaboration platform development. | 8+ years software development, Computer Science degree, proven AI/ML production experience, proficiency in Python, FastAPI, AWS, Kubernetes. | Department: WDTech - R&D We are Walker & Dunlop. We are one of the largest providers of capital to the commercial real estate industry, enabling real estate owners and operators to bring their visions of communities — where people live, work, shop, and play — to life. We are committed to creating meaningful social, environmental, and economic change in our communities. WDTech is W&D’s in-house technology team – a group of collaborative and highly skilled technology professionals, all of whom are leading experts in real estate data, data science, and technology. WDTech Engineering builds solutions that impact not only our products but also the people and processes across our organization. A commitment to innovation and a passion for disrupting the old-fashioned real estate industry are our highest priorities. The Impact You Will Have As a Senior AI Software Engineer on our AI Dev Team, you will help shape the future of our Loan Origination and Servicing platform and the AI systems that support how we build, ship and operate software across the business. You will design and build scalable applications, intelligent workflows and agentic systems that deliver real-time insights and operational efficiency for our teams and clients. You will also contribute to Atlas, our AI collaboration platform that powers reusable skills, agents and AI capabilities across WDTech. In this role, you will help transform complex, data-rich systems into intuitive and high-performing experiences through thoughtful engineering and applied AI. Primary Responsibilities Design, build and maintain agentic workflows that support business-critical processes and operational efficiency Contribute to Atlas by authoring reusable skills, maintaining agent definitions and improving the context and evaluation infrastructure that supports scalable AI adoption Establish evaluation, observability and reliability standards for agentic systems, including regression testing, tracing and guardrail implementation Collaborate with Product Management, Product Design and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable technical solutions Own features end-to-end, including architecture, development, testing, deployment and ongoing iteration Drive continuous improvement across the engineering stack, including performance optimization, reliability, testing and CI/CD practices Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence, accountability and responsible AI usage Support architectural discussions and technical decision-making across AI and platform engineering initiatives Perform other duties as assigned. Education and Experience 8+ years of software development experience Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field Experience delivering production AI/ML systems, including LLM-powered applications and agentic workflows Experience with modern agent frameworks, retrieval architectures and AI system evaluation practices Hands-on experience using AI coding assistants and developer tools within engineering workflows Experience with Amazon Web Services, event-driven architecture, Docker, Kubernetes and containerized deployments Experience within Real Estate, Financial Services or Capital Markets environments preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Deep proficiency in Python and modern backend frameworks such as FastAPI, with a focus on scalable and maintainable architecture Strong expertise with SQL databases, including schema design, query optimization and performance tuning Experience designing efficient, well-structured backend systems and distributed services Experience with queues, background task processing, scheduled jobs and caching strategies for scalable systems Strong understanding of testing methodologies, including unit, integration and end-to-end testing Working knowledge of UML and technical documentation practices to communicate system design effectively Familiarity with Event Sourcing and Domain-Driven Design principles Demonstrated ownership mindset with a commitment to continuous improvement and organizational success Ability to work independently, provide proactive feedback and adapt to evolving priorities in an agile environment Excellent verbal and written communication skills Ability to show ownership of your work, take on challenges and acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes Courtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders This position has an estimated base salary of $160,000 - $190,000 plus a discretionary bonus. An employment offer is based on the applicant’s relevant work experience, applicable knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data. #LI-MR1 #LI-Remote What We Offer The opportunity to join one of Fortune Magazine’s Great Places to Work winners Comprehensive benefit options* that have earned Walker & Dunlop the gold level of the 2025 Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation™, some of which include: - Up to 83% subsidized medical payroll deductions - Competitive dental and vision benefits - 401(k) + match - Pre-tax transit and commuting benefits - A robust health and wellness program – earn cash rewards and gain access to resources that promote health, engagement, and balance - Paid maternity and parental leave, as well as other family paid leave programs - Company-paid life, short and long-term disability insurance - Health Savings Account and Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Career development opportunities Empowerment and encouragement to give back – volunteer hours and donation matching *Eligibility may vary based on average number of hours worked EEO Statement We are committed to equity in all steps of the recruitment and employment experience. We believe in equal access to opportunities in our workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on any characteristic protected by applicable law, such as race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex, age, disability, veteran or military status, and genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We strive to be a safe place to ask questions, build professional relationships, and develop careers. SPAM Please be wary of recruitment scams. An indication of a scam might be a request for sensitive or bank information at the time of application or emails coming from a non walkerdunlop.com email address. Please call us at 301.215.5500, if you have any concerns about information requested during or after the application process. Fair Chance Hiring Background checks, including any questions related to infractions, arrests, or conviction records, will not be conducted until after a conditional offer of employment has been accepted. We will consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of arrest and conviction records, in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. Our experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to success, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it’s our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in our area.

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend applications and services, owning features end-to-end. | 6+ years professional software development experience, bachelor's degree, strong Python and FastAPI skills, and AWS containerization experience. | Department: WDTech - R&D We are Walker & Dunlop. We are one of the largest providers of capital to the commercial real estate industry, enabling real estate owners and operators to bring their visions of communities — where people live, work, shop, and play — to life. We are committed to creating meaningful social, environmental, and economic change in our communities. Department Overview WDTech is W&D’s in-house technology team – a group of collaborative and highly skilled technology professionals, all of whom are leading experts in real estate data, data science, and technology. WDTech Engineering builds solutions that impact not only our products but also the people and processes across our organization. A commitment to innovation and a passion for disrupting the old-fashioned real estate industry are our highest priorities. The Impact You Will Have As a Senior Software Engineer, you will help shape the future of our Loan Origination and Servicing platform — the digital foundation for how capital is structured and deployed. You will design and build scalable applications and services that power real-time insights and complex financial workflows. By combining strong backend architecture with thoughtful system design, you will deliver high-performance solutions that enable smarter decision-making across the business. Primary Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-quality applications across new and existing product lines. Own features end-to-end — from architecture and development through testing, deployment, and iteration. Architect and evolve our core stack (Python, FastAPI, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes). Translate complex business and product requirements into elegant, reliable technical solutions in collaboration with Product and business stakeholders. Drive improvements in performance, reliability, testing, and CI/CD practices. Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence and accountability. Perform other duties as assigned. Education and Experience 6+ years of professional software development experience. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). Strong experience building APIs and backend services in Python, including OpenAPI-based service contracts. Experience developing and deploying containerized applications in AWS environments, including event-driven architectures. Experience in real estate finance or financial services preferred. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Deep proficiency in Python (3.6+) and modern backend frameworks such as FastAPI, with a strong focus on clean, maintainable architecture. Strong expertise in SQL databases, including schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning. Ability to design efficient, scalable backend systems, including background processing, queues, caching strategies, and scheduled jobs. Strong understanding of testing strategies across unit, integration, and end-to-end levels. Working knowledge of system design documentation practices, including UML and architectural diagrams. Familiarity with event sourcing and/or Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles. Ability to leverage AI-enabled development tools to enhance design, implementation, and testing workflows. Demonstrated ownership mindset with a commitment to quality, accountability, and continuous improvement. Agile mindset with the ability to work independently, provide early feedback, and adapt to evolving requirements. Ability to show ownership of your work, take on challenges and acknowledge growth opportunities, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes. Courtesy, respect, and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders. This position has an estimated base salary of $160,000 - $180,000 plus a discretionary bonus. An employment offer is based on the applicant’s relevant work experience, applicable knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data. #LI-MR1 #LI-Remote What We Offer The opportunity to join one of Fortune Magazine’s Great Places to Work winners Comprehensive benefit options* that have earned Walker & Dunlop the gold level of the 2025 Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation™, some of which include: - Up to 83% subsidized medical payroll deductions - Competitive dental and vision benefits - 401(k) + match - Pre-tax transit and commuting benefits - A robust health and wellness program – earn cash rewards and gain access to resources that promote health, engagement, and balance - Paid maternity and parental leave, as well as other family paid leave programs - Company-paid life, short and long-term disability insurance - Health Savings Account and Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Career development opportunities Empowerment and encouragement to give back – volunteer hours and donation matching *Eligibility may vary based on average number of hours worked EEO Statement We are committed to equity in all steps of the recruitment and employment experience. We believe in equal access to opportunities in our workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on any characteristic protected by applicable law, such as race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex, age, disability, veteran or military status, and genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We strive to be a safe place to ask questions, build professional relationships, and develop careers. SPAM Please be wary of recruitment scams. An indication of a scam might be a request for sensitive or bank information at the time of application or emails coming from a non walkerdunlop.com email address. Please call us at 301.215.5500, if you have any concerns about information requested during or after the application process. Fair Chance Hiring Background checks, including any questions related to infractions, arrests, or conviction records, will not be conducted until after a conditional offer of employment has been accepted. We will consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of arrest and conviction records, in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. Our experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to success, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it’s our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in our area.