21 hours ago
Base Salary
$167k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build, maintain, and optimize the machine learning and marketplace simulation platform for scale, performance, and reliable decisioning.
- Develop backend software applications that apply machine learning models to evolving business needs.
- Build self-service tooling for feature registration and independent model deployment by ML teams.
- Develop data and feature infrastructure covering feature definition, storage, serving, and offline-to-online parity.
- Design and contribute to simulation systems that reflect production environments while reducing simulation cost.
- Collaborate with ML, Engineering, Product, Data Engineering, and Finance partners.
- Mentor engineers on distributed systems, MLOps, and scalable architecture.
Requirements
- 6+ years of software engineering experience.
- Experience building and maintaining backend software services and APIs.
- Experience with distributed systems or large-scale data processing using Spark, Databricks, Ray, or an equivalent.
- Experience with an ML platform or production ML path, such as training pipelines, model serving, feature pipelines, or a training data platform.
- Proficiency with some or many of Python, Kotlin, Databricks, and AWS.
- Preferred experience with Metaflow, MLflow, gRPC, Spark/PySpark, dbt, and Ray.
- Preferred knowledge of simulation, experimentation, or backtesting systems and self-service or configuration-driven internal tooling.
- Strong quantitative reasoning, ownership, communication, collaboration, and ability to translate complex requirements for technical and non-technical partners.
Benefits
- Remote position available within the U.S.; the team operates across East and West Coast time zones.
- Most teams meet in person once or twice per quarter for two to four consecutive days.
- Competitive base pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants.
- 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.
- 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 benefits, 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.
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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.