Senior Infrastructure Engineer

The Data Platform Engineering team (Part of Upstarts Decisioning & Data) provides developer tools frameworks and scalable data infrastructure as shared services across Upstart. The teams primary objective is to provide Data Analysts ML scientists and Software Engineers access to highquality data and developer tools to create business metrics and training data for respective product verticals.

You will join the subdivision that focuses on data infrastructure & observability.

As the Senior Infrastructure Engineer joining this team you will get the opportunity to contribute to 3 areas:

1. Managing the Lakehouse (Databricks) infrastructure including access control security and observability.
2. Continuously enhance data infrastructure observability with a focus on cost and usage efficiency within the data engineering space.
3. Improve the buildtestdeploymonitor pattern for data apps and stack like Change Data Capture Spark Kafka etc.

We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about infrastructure and observability!

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.

How youll make an impact:

• Help build Upstarts cloud infrastructure that aligns with the overall business objectives by participating in planning and prioritization.
• Improve developer efficiency and infrastructure reliability by working with crossfunctional stakeholders like Data Engineering Machine Learning Analytics Compliance and Security.
• Improve Lakehouse security usage efficiency and observability by collaborating closely with the Data Engineering and Security teams.
• Evangelize good coding and engineering best practices while uplifting fellow engineers and mentoring junior team members.
• Help break down complex projects and requirements into quarterly commitments and sprints.
• Provide top tier support for our data apps and keep them highly available

What were looking for:

• Minimum requirements:
  • A bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • 5 years of experience in infrastructure engineering DevOps or related fields with a strong focus on data infrastructure (bonus).
  • Handson experience in AWS cloud services (EC2 SQS S3 Lambda EKS).
  • Strong experience working with Python or similar scripting languages.
  • Strong DevOps/SRE knowledge and expertise in multiple areas including scripting IaC automation configuration management and containerization/container orchestration (Kubernetes).
  • Ability to approach problems with first principles thinking embrace ambiguity and enjoy collaborative work on complex solutions.
  • Handson experience with both opensource and enterprise application performance monitoring solutions.

• Preferred qualifications:
  • Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures with an emphasis on realworld applications.
  • Proficient in DevOps engineering leveraging Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools such as Kubernetes Jenkins CDK APM Terraform and more. Experienced in automation alerting monitoring security and declarative infrastructure.
  • Solid understanding of cloud networking fundamentals.
  • Skilled at explaining complex concepts in simple accessible terms and thriving in fastpaced ambiguous environments.
  • Familiarity with distributed systems data architecture design and big data technologies (e.g. Spark Kafka Lakehouse Databricks) is a plus.

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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