5 months ago
Base Salary
$167k - $231k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable systems, services, and user-facing workflows for Upstart Bank’s core platform and operations.
- Own technical design and delivery for medium-to-large engineering projects spanning multiple quarters.
- Translate business, operational, and regulatory requirements into reliable, maintainable software.
- Improve reliability, performance, observability, and data consistency across distributed services and integrations.
- Contribute to architecture and design discussions for scalable, auditable, maintainable systems.
- Partner with product, compliance, operations, and engineering teams in a regulated environment.
- Maintain a high engineering standard through implementation, code review, testing, and operational ownership.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent, plus four years of experience.
- Experience building and operating production software in backend or full-stack environments.
- Experience building scalable services, APIs, or web applications in cloud environments.
- Experience owning technical delivery for medium-to-large engineering projects spanning multiple quarters.
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Python, Java, or Kotlin.
- Fintech, banking infrastructure, payments, regulated financial systems, distributed systems, event-driven architectures, Kafka, and gRPC experience is preferred.
- Experience with reliability, auditability, operational controls, reporting pipelines, financial data flows, partner integrations, or internal operational tooling is preferred.
- Ability to work across backend services and user-facing application layers and collaborate with product, compliance, operations, and engineering partners.
Benefits
- Remote position for employees in the U.S., with work aligned to East/West Coast time zones.
- Most teams meet in person once or twice per quarter for 2–4 consecutive days.
- Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, ESPP, health savings account contributions, disability coverage, paid time off, holidays, and family leave.
- Family-centered fertility, parenthood, caregiving, employee assistance, financial wellness, annual wellness, and productivity programs.
- Team events, employee resource groups, catered lunches, and stocked micro-kitchens at company offices.
Tech Stack
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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.