Base Salary
$167k - $231k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate distributed, event-driven systems for accounting close automation and capital risk workflows.
- Deliver scalable data processing solutions that convert high-volume financial events into accurate and reliable business outcomes.
- Partner with Product, Data Analytics, Finance, and Engineering teams on technical solutions for complex financial processes.
- Improve the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of critical financial systems while managing technical debt.
- Lead multi-quarter engineering initiatives from architecture through production while balancing platform investments with business priorities.
- Use AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity while maintaining quality, security, and correctness.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
- Experience designing and building distributed, event-driven applications in cloud environments such as AWS.
- Experience developing scalable backend services that process large volumes of data using modern programming languages.
- Experience designing, testing, and deploying reliable production systems using software engineering best practices.
- Knowledge of financial systems, accounting processes, or capital risk management is preferred.
- Experience building high-throughput data processing or event streaming platforms is preferred.
- Ability to balance scalability, maintainability, and long-term operational efficiency is preferred.
- Experience collaborating across engineering, product, analytics, and business stakeholders is preferred.
- Curiosity about applying generative AI tools to accelerate software development is preferred.
Benefits
- Remote, digital-first work arrangement for employees in the U.S. and Canada outside Quebec.
- Regular team onsites several times per year.
- Target bonuses, equity compensation, and annual equity grants.
- 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match.
- Medical, dental, vision, wellness, health savings account, life insurance, and disability benefits.
- Paid time off, sick leave, company holidays, and paid family and parental leave.
- Family-centered fertility, parenthood, and caregiving benefits; Employee Assistance Program.
- Annual wellness and productivity allowances, financial wellness resources, team events, company updates, and employee resource groups.
- Office perks include catered lunches and stocked micro-kitchens in Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City offices.
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