Base Salary
$142k - $197k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and operate Kubernetes EKS clusters across production, staging, and ephemeral environments.
- Evolve AWS infrastructure and network architecture, including VPCs, subnets, IAM, and account structure.
- Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code and GitOps workflows using Terraform, CDK, and ArgoCD.
- Define and drive SLOs, analyze incidents, and implement systemic reliability and performance fixes.
- Participate in and improve the on-call rotation, lead incident response, and conduct post-incident reviews.
- Partner with SRE, Delivery, InfoSec, and Product/ML teams on infrastructure changes and platform standards.
- Improve developer experience by simplifying platform usage, reducing toil, and enabling faster product and ML development.
- Optimize resource utilization across Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure to improve cost efficiency.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 3 years of professional experience and 3 years operating Kubernetes in production.
- Experience with Kubernetes cluster networking, storage, and RBAC.
- Proficiency with AWS infrastructure, including VPC design, networking, and IAM.
- Expertise implementing infrastructure-as-code with Terraform or AWS CDK.
- Experience implementing GitOps workflows with ArgoCD or a similar tool.
- Ability to influence technical decisions across teams and drive adoption of platform standards.
- Preferred experience with Istio or Envoy, multi-cluster Kubernetes architectures, cloud networking at scale, Cloudflare or similar edge platforms, and cloud security, identity, and compliance frameworks.
- Preferred knowledge of IAM, SOC 2, and CIS benchmarks.
Benefits
- Remote work in the U.S. and Canada, with most teams meeting in person once or twice per quarter for 2–4 consecutive days.
- Medical, dental, vision, wellness resources, and supplemental health coverage in Canada.
- 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan for eligible U.S. employees, annual equity grants, and bonus opportunities.
- Paid time off, sick leave, company holidays, and paid family and parental leave.
- Life insurance, disability coverage, Health Savings Account contributions for eligible U.S. plans, and an Employee Assistance Program.
- Family-centered fertility, parenthood, caregiving, financial wellness, annual wellness, and annual productivity allowances.
- Team events, employee resource groups, and office perks including catered lunches and stocked micro-kitchens.
- Upstart is not currently able to hire in Quebec.
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About Upstart
Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) is the leading AI lending marketplace, connecting millions of consumers to more than 100 banks and credit unions that leverage Upstart’s AI models and cloud applications to deliver superior credit products. With Upstart AI, lenders can approve more borrowers at lower rates while delivering the exceptional digital-first experience customers demand. More than 90% of loans are fully automated, with no human intervention by Upstart. Founded in 2012, Upstart’s platform includes personal loans, automotive retail and refinance loans, home equity lines of credit, and small-dollar “relief” loans. Upstart is based in San Mateo, California. Upstart Network, Inc. NMLS #936133 | All mortgage lending conducted by Upstart Mortgage, LLC. NMLS #2443873 nmlsconsumeraccess.org