BWE is a national commercial and multifamily mortgage lender operating 40+ offices across the United States, structured around debt and equity origination plus loan servicing. The company runs on a Microsoft-heavy stack (Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra, Sentinel) with Salesforce for CRM and Workday for HR—a mature, compliance-first infrastructure. Current hiring is accelerating with finance roles leading (13 open), but engineering projects suggest a shift toward operational AI: agentic systems, AI-enabled monitoring, workflow automation, and disaster recovery infrastructure indicate early-stage internal modernization.
BWE originates and services commercial real estate loans across multifamily, hospitality, affordable housing, seniors housing, and manufactured housing segments. The firm advises on comprehensive capital solutions—debt and equity products combined with local market expertise—across a national platform. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Cleveland, the company operates 40+ offices and maintains a centralized servicing operation. The client base includes institutional investors, developers, and owners across commercial real estate verticals.
Azure infrastructure (Virtual Desktop, Firewall, Container Instances, Logic Apps, Storage), Microsoft 365 (Teams, Exchange), Entra/Sentinel for identity and security, Salesforce for CRM, Workday for HR, and Tenable for vulnerability management.
Agentic AI deployment, AI-enabled monitoring, disaster recovery configuration, device provisioning automation, loan submission process improvement, and integration of AI services into underwriting and servicing workflows.
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