3 months ago
Base Salary
$191k - $264k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture, design, and implementation of internal platforms, security automation systems, and workflow tooling.
- Establish scalable engineering patterns, technical standards, and system designs for long-term platform growth.
- Partner with risk, compliance, legal, operations, and engineering stakeholders to translate business requirements into software solutions.
- Design and oversee relational data models, authorization systems, integrations, and platform services.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks and make architectural, platform-investment, and build-versus-buy decisions.
- Mentor engineers through technical leadership, architectural reviews, design documentation, and engineering best practices.
- Drive technical strategy for internal platforms and automation initiatives supporting the bank’s operational and regulatory capabilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 8 years of software engineering experience.
- Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale production software systems and web applications.
- Experience leading architecture and technical design for distributed systems, platform services, or internal software platforms.
- Experience designing relational database schemas, APIs, integrations, authentication systems, and role-based access control frameworks.
- Experience delivering software for operational, compliance, security, or other business-critical workflows with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Knowledge of TypeScript, Node.js, Next.js, Prisma, or similar modern application frameworks is preferred.
- Experience with security automation, GRC platforms, or operational workflow systems is preferred.
- Familiarity with regulated industries and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 or NIST CSF is preferred.
- Ability to influence technical strategy, align teams, and navigate ambiguous problem spaces.
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement with East/West Coast time-zone requirements.
- Regular on-site collaboration sessions with travel expenses covered by Upstart.
- Medical, dental, vision, wellness resources, and health savings account contributions for eligible US plans.
- 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with company match.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan for eligible US employees.
- Life insurance, disability coverage, paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays.
- Paid family and parental leave plus fertility, parenthood, and caregiving benefits.
- Employee Assistance Program and financial wellness resources.
- Annual wellness and productivity allowances.
- Team events, company updates, employee resource groups, and catered office lunches with stocked micro-kitchens.
Tech Stack
About Upstart
Upstart builds an AI-powered lending marketplace and cloud software that connect consumers to banks and credit unions for personal, auto, and home-equity credit. Lenders use Upstart’s credit models and applications to automate originations, while Upstart earns platform and referral fees. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Upstart is a public company listed on NASDAQ under the ticker UPST.