Senior Platform Developer, Upgrade

CA$150-250k

+ Stock option

AWS

Kubernetes

JavaScript

Python

GraphQL

Node.js

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Canada

Offering responsible credit to mainstream consumers

Be an early applicant

Offering responsible credit to mainstream consumers

1001+ employees

FintechB2CBankingLendingCredit cardsSaaS

Be an early applicant

CA$150-250k

+ Stock option

AWS

Kubernetes

JavaScript

Python

GraphQL

Node.js

Golang

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Canada

1001+ employees

FintechB2CBankingLendingCredit cardsSaaS

Company mission

To help our customers move in the right direction with responsible financial products that put more money in their pocket.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

We are seeking a passionate and curious Senior Software Developer to help drive the Platform roadmap at Upgrade
Proficient in at least one of these programming languages: Golang, Node.js, or Python
Proficient in Kubernetes
Experience with microservices architecture and understanding the challenges that come with it
Fundamental knowledge of AWS
Effective communication abilities
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related discipline

What the job involves

At Upgrade, the Platform team works horizontally with our different engineering teams. We build tools and shared libraries to simplify / abstract / speedup the day to day of our developers
Part of the Platform group, the tooling squad is responsible for multiple tools used by our product teams to build, test and ship their services up to production
You’ll have the opportunity to learn and work with different programming languages, on different technologies
Rebuild our internal tool used to provision Kubernetes development stacks on-demand
Renovate our build and continuous deployment infrastructure
Mergebot, an entity which is in charge of automatically merge or decline pull requests depending on a set of policies (moving from JavaScript to Golang)
Revamp our GraphQL Federation tooling
Build various prototypes exploring how large language models could improve developer experience
Create innovative tools or enhance existing ones to boost developer productivity and efficiency
Work closely with various engineering teams to evaluate the effectiveness of our platform and identify improvement opportunities
Assist in troubleshooting and resolving issues

Our take

Most credit cards don't encourage the owner to pay down their debt. The longer it takes to pay off the balance, the more money lenders are set to make. Upgrade is an online lender and card issuer doing things differently. The company offers personal loans and credit cards but with a fixed instalment structure and a set number of equal payments. This ensures the balance reduces every month.

The company believes this model reduces default rates, as borrowers are forced to pay down rather than maintain their debt, and it encourages a greater commitment to repay the balance. Further, by combining the ease of a Visa card with the fixed payments and decreased rates of a personal loan, Upgrade sets itself apart from competitors.

In 2021, Upgrade launched its mobile banking and debit card as a strategy to onboard new customers and increase loyalty. The fixed-rate nature of the company's cards is expected to be of use to customers in future years in an environment of rising rates. Upgrade also plans to expand beyond the U.S. in the future, which will represent new challenges for the business as it adapts to alternative regulations.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

Top investors

18% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.9)

Trustpilot (4.4)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Oct 2025

$165m

SERIES G

Nov 2021

$280m

SERIES F

Total funding: $712m

Company benefits

Stock option plan
100% paid coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance
Flexible PTO
Opportunities for professional growth and development
Paid parental leave
Health & wellness initiatives

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Renaud Laplanche

(Co-Founder & CEO)

After an MBA at London Business School, Renaud spent 5 years as an Associate at Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and co-founded MatchPoint. They then left Oracle after a year to co-found Lending Club in 2006 and co-founded Upgrade in August 2016.

Adelina Grozdanova

(Co-Founder & Head of Investor Group)

Adelina started their career with 6 years at Morgan Stanley after a degree at Princeton. They left banking in 2012 to join Lending Club as VP, and after 3 years co-founded Upgrade, serving as Head of Investor Group since 2016.

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