Senior Engineering Manager Core Pricing
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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:
Our team is responsible for building a bestinclass underwriting platform to quickly and accurately create loan offers for all of Upstarts loan products like Personal Loans Auto loans and Home loans. The services owned by the team are responsible for validating applicant data interfacing with Machine Learning models to calculate borrower risk matching applicants to lenders and calculating interest rates fees etc. We combine AI econometrics and software engineering to optimally match capital supply to borrower demand. We are developing new capabilities for Upstarts loan products and building a next generation software platform to accelerate innovation on behalf of our customers.
As a Senior Engineering Manager you will lead a team of engineers to deliver the new pricing platform that enables machine learning scientists and engineers to innovate faster while raising the bar on quality. You will set the technical direction for Pricing and define an roadmap that works backwards from the companys goals and the needs of our customers.
How youll make an impact:
- Team Leadership
- Lead coach and develop a highperforming engineering team focused on providing high quality solutions and incrementally enhance systems with each pull request.
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture that promotes innovation continuous learning and excellence.
- Technical Leadership
- Oversee the design development and implementation of the next generation pricing platform and the launch of new underwriting ML models.
- Ensure the reliability performance and scalability of pricing systems leveraging best practices in software engineering.
- Collaborate with architecture and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment with broader engineering goals.
- Stakeholder Collaboration
- Partner with product machine learning and engineering leaders across Upstart legal operations analytics and compliance teams to gather requirements and ensure the Pricing platform meets business needs and regulatory standards.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders to keep them informed of project status risks and opportunities.
- Project Management
- Manage project timelines and resources to deliver highquality solutions on time.
- Implement frameworks to ensure efficient project and continuous delivery.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education & Experience
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
- 10 years of experience developing and maintaining large scale distributed systems in the cloud
- Experience launching large scale MLbased products in domains like Fintech Pricing or Ads.
- 5 years of management experience.
- Experience building highly scalable APIs using containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
- Solid grasp of software development principles and best practices for creating scalable and maintainable systems
- Experience working in dynamic fast paced organizations
- Technical Skills
- Strong proficiency in any programming language.
- Experience with delivering full stack solutions to customers.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS Azure or Google Cloud) and microservices architecture.
- Leadership Skills
- Excellent leadership and people management skills with a track record of building and leading successful engineering teams.
- Strong problemsolving skills and the ability to make datadriven decisions.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability for the quality and timely delivery of work
- Ability to thrive both in selfdirected work environments and in collaborative settings contributing positively to team dynamics
- Other Requirements
- Experience with agile development methodologies and project management tools like Jira.
- Ability to work in a fastpaced environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with the latest industry trends.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Background in statistics mathematics or econometrics.
- Experience designing and building microservicebased architectures
- Experience developing and maintaining large scale distributed systems in AWS
- Ability to influence and lead without direct authority
- Strong product and analytical mindset that allows you to think in terms of ROI risk and trade offs
- Experience working at companies that have gone through periods of rapid business or organizational growth
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 regular onsite collaboration sessions. These occur 3 days per quarter at an Upstart office. If you need to travel to make these meetups Upstart will cover all travel related expenses.
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
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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