Senior Data Platform Engineer, Upstart

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience) plus 4+ years of experience
• Experience building and operating distributed data systems or data platform infrastructure in a cloud environment (e.g., AWS)
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Java, Scala, Javascript or Kotlin
• Experience working with data processing frameworks or infrastructure (e.g., Spark, Kafka, Airflow, or similar technologies)
• Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining production-grade data systems, including monitoring and reliability practices

Desirable

• Upstart’s Data Curation team builds and operates the data platform that powers how teams across Upstart discover, trust, and use data
• The team provides scalable infrastructure, metadata systems, and self-serve tooling that enable analysts, machine learning engineers, and product teams to work with Lakehouse data efficiently and confidently
• As a Senior Data Platform Engineer on the Data Platform team, you will design and build the systems that make data accessible, reliable, and usable at scale
• Your work will directly improve how teams understand, query, and leverage data across Upstart, driving productivity and enabling better decision-making
• Design and build scalable data platform infrastructure, including distributed systems that power data discovery, metadata management, and data access
• Develop and maintain tooling that enables teams to self-serve data transformations, testing, and deployment workflows within the Lakehouse
• Improve data reliability and observability by building systems for monitoring, alerting, and data quality validation
• Partner with machine learning engineers, analysts, and product teams to understand data needs and drive adoption of platform capabilities
• Contribute to platform evolution in areas such as metadata services, natural language data access, and AI-enabled data interactions
• Lead and influence technical design decisions, balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform scalability and maintainability