Base Salary
$167k - $231k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable backend services for communications across SMS, email, push, and future channels.
- Develop real-time, event-triggered messaging, self-serve marketing automation, and experimentation capabilities.
- Transform large datasets into marketing capabilities through APIs, streaming pipelines, and reverse ETL workflows.
- Partner with product, lifecycle marketing, insights, analytics, data platform, and ML teams to define requirements and deliver solutions.
- Lead medium-sized projects from design through launch while managing risks and ambiguity.
- Improve system reliability, iteration speed, and communication of technical trade-offs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or its equivalent, plus six years of experience.
- Experience building and operating microservices and APIs in a cloud environment, preferably AWS.
- Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Kotlin, Java, Ruby, or Python.
- Ability to independently execute projects, navigate ambiguity, and collaborate with cross-functional partners.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in a distributed team.
- Preferred: experience supporting Marketing, Growth, or GTM teams, including CDPs, customer segmentation, or campaign orchestration.
- Preferred: experience with reverse ETL tools such as Hightouch or Census; data pipeline tooling such as Airbyte, Fivetran, or Databricks; or marketing automation platforms such as Iterable, Braze, or Salesforce Marketing Cloud.
- Preferred: familiarity with real-time event streaming, high-throughput messaging architectures, third-party API integrations, and large-scale data systems.
- Preferred: experience leading medium-to-large projects and contributing to long-term platform design decisions.
Benefits
- Remote work from anywhere in the U.S., with East/West Coast time zone requirements.
- Regular in-person team onsites, with most teams meeting once or twice per quarter for 2–4 consecutive days.
- Competitive compensation with target bonuses and annual equity grants.
- 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match, subject to stated limits.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan for eligible U.S. employees.
- Medical, dental, vision, wellness resources, and Health Savings Account contributions for eligible U.S. plans.
- Life insurance, disability coverage, paid time off, sick leave, company holidays, and paid family and parental leave.
- Family-centered fertility, parenthood, and caregiving benefits plus an Employee Assistance Program.
- Financial wellness resources, annual wellness allowance, and annual productivity allowance.
- Team events, employee resource groups, and office perks including catered lunches and stocked micro-kitchens.
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