Senior Data Platform Engineer
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About Upstart
Upstart is the leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit. By leveraging Upstarts AI marketplace Upstartpowered banks and credit unions can have higher approval rates and lower loss rates across races ages and genders while simultaneously delivering the exceptional digitalfirst lending experience their customers demand. More than 80 of borrowers are approved instantly with zero documentation to upload.
Upstart is a digitalfirst company which means that most Upstarters live and work anywhere in the United States. However we also have offices in San Mateo California; Columbus Ohio; and Austin Texas.
Most Upstarters join us because they connect with our mission of enabling access to effortless credit based on true risk. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Upstart wed love to hear from you!
The Team
The Data Platform Engineering team (Part of Upstarts core platform vertical) provides developer tools frameworks and scalable data infrastructure as shared services across Upstart. The teams primary objective is to provide Data Analysts Software Engineers and ML scientists access to highquality data and developer tools to create business metrics for respective product verticals.
You will join the subdivision of our Data Platform teams focusing on Data Quality Governance and Production Experience (Data Infrastructure).
As a Senior Data Platform Engineer at Upstart you will get the opportunity to contribute to 3 areas:
- Expand the existing developer tools to support Upstarts various data validation & quality checks by integrating with opensource 3rd party and custom data quality solutions.
- Build a framework to capture Data Lineage and location of critical fields and integrate with Upstarts data catalog solution that informs various data handling rules.
- Improve data infrastructure uptime and observability.
We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about building data products!
Position Location This role is available in the following locations: Remote San Mateo Columbus Austin
Time Zone Requirements This team operates across all U.S. time zones.
Travel Requirements This team has periodic onsite collaboration sessions 23 times per year.Upstart will cover all travel related expenses.
How youll make an impact:
- Participate in planning and prioritization by collaborating with stakeholders across the various product verticals and functions (ML Analytics Finance Legal Privacy Security) to ensure our architecture aligns with the overall business objectives.
- Collaborate with Data Governance and Security teams to implement robust privacy requests data protection mechanisms access controls and data lineage.
- Participate in code reviews and architecture discussions to exchange actionable feedback with peers.
- Contribute to engineering best practices and mentor junior team members.
- Help break down complex projects and requirements into sprints.
- Continuously monitor and improve data platform performance reliability and security.
- Stay uptodate with emerging technologies and industry best practices in data engineering.
- Design and ship code independently
What were looking for:
- Minimum requirements:
- A bachelors degree in Computer Science Data Science Engineering or a related field.
- 5 years of experience in data engineering or related fields with a strong focus on data quality governance and data infrastructure.
- Proficiency in data engineering tech stack; Databricks / PostgreSQL / Python / Spark / Kafka / SQL / AWS / Airflow/ DBT / containers and orchestration (Docker Kubernetes) and others.
- Ability to approach problems with first principles thinking embrace ambiguity and enjoy collaborative work on complex solutions.
- Preferred qualifications:
- Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures and their realworld use cases.
- Experience and understanding of distributed systems data architecture design and big data technologies (e.g. Spark Kafka Lakehouse Databricks).
- Experience with AWS technologies e.g. AWS Lambda Redshift RDS S3 etc..
- Knowledge of data quality management data governance and data security best practices.
- Good knowledge of DevOps engineering using Continuous Integration/Delivery tools like Kubernetes Jenkins Terraform etc. thinking about automation alerting monitoring security and other declarative infrastructure.
- Ability to explain complex concepts in easytounderstand ways and navigate environments where problems are not welldefined (and evolve quickly).
What youll love:
- Competitive Compensation (base bonus & equity)
- Comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage with Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart
- 401(k) with 100 company match up to $4500 and immediate vesting and aftertax savings
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Life and disability insurance
- Generous holiday vacation sick and safety leave
- Supportive parental family care and military leave programs
- Annual wellness technology & ergonomic reimbursement programs
- Social activities including team events and onsites allcompany updates employee resource groups (ERGs) and other interest groups such as book clubs fitness investing and volunteering
- Catered lunches snacks & drinks when working in offices
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At Upstart your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the below range. Your actual base pay will depend on your geographic locationwith our digital first philosophy Upstart uses compensation regions that vary depending on location. Individual pay is also determined by jobrelated skills experience and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
In addition Upstart provides employees with target bonuses equity compensation and generous benefits packages (including medical dental vision and 401k).
Upstart is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to ensuring that underrepresented classes receive better access to affordable credit and are just as committed to embracing diversity and inclusion in our hiring practices. We celebrate all cultures backgrounds perspectives and experiences and know that we can only become better together.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application interviewing completing any preemployment testing or otherwise participating in the employee selection process please email
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