6 months ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Responsibilities
- Take software concepts from zero to working products and real-world validation across multiple ventures.
- Own full-stack development spanning frontend, backend, APIs, and data layers.
- Shape product direction with venture leads and PMs while designing and implementing core systems, models, and integrations.
- Build rapid validation loops, identify technical and product risks, and make tradeoffs between speed and durability.
- Work directly with stakeholders to validate workflows, refine solutions, and apply reusable patterns across ventures.
Requirements
- 6+ years of software engineering experience, including time in early-stage 0-to-1 environments.
- Proven ability to build and ship full-stack applications end to end.
- Strong judgment regarding speed-versus-scalability tradeoffs in early-stage systems.
- Demonstrated use of AI to accelerate development or product capabilities.
- Ability to operate effectively with ambiguity, incomplete or messy inputs, and evolving problems and solutions.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence decisions.
Benefits
- Flexible remote arrangement with occasional travel to Los Angeles; candidates local to the Santa Monica headquarters are preferred.
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About UP.Labs
UP.Labs is a venture studio within the UP.Partners ecosystem that co-creates startups with large enterprises, especially in transportation, mobility, and applied AI. It identifies corporate pain points, validates concepts, and builds software and hardware MVPs that are spun out as independent companies, often alongside strategic partners. The privately held firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California and pairs venture-building teams with engineers to deliver operationally grounded products.