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Valon Tech Talk

Building a Low-Cost Database Read Memoization Layer

This blog post walks through the exploration, design, and instrumentation of database read memoization as one of the many solutions to increase maximum throughput from the application layer to the data layer.

Who is Valon: Hassan, Staff Engineer

I’m Hassan, a Staff Engineer on our Banking team. In my four years at Valon, I first worked across a variety of teams that deal with money, and then founded the Banking team to provide platform support to solve common problems faced by all of our “money teams.”

Who is Valon: Alex, Senior Engineering Manager

Hi everyone, I’m Alex Dao. I’m a Senior Engineering Manager at Valon and work across a number of teams covering mortgage servicing and growing new lines of business. I’ve been at Valon for about four years now, and I’ve had the privilege of seeing first-hand how a tiny startup with almost no users can grow into the industry challenger it is today.

Inside Valon

Innovation and Growth: Three Straight Years in the Forbes Fintech 50

For the third year in a row, Valon has been named to the Forbes Fintech 50, a list honoring financial technology companies making a deep impact on consumers and businesses through innovation. Each time, we’ve been recognized as a company shaping the future of real estate.

Valon’s 2023 in Review

It’s been about 4 years since Valon started servicing our first loan. In that time, we’ve accomplished a tremendous amount: we’ve built the first new mortgage servicing platform to enter the market in nearly 4 decades and are now servicing over 350,000 homeowners across America with best-in-class unit economics and customer satisfaction.

Valon’s 2022 in Review

Reflecting on 2022, Valon’s biggest year to date, and the wins, progress, and learnings that came with it.