Senior Software Engineer, Upstart

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics, or a related field (or its equivalent) + 4 years of experience
• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining backend distributed systems or large-scale data platforms
• Experience working with data processing systems, databases, or data pipelines in production environments
• Experience implementing fault tolerance, monitoring, and observability practices for backend systems
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, product, or business stakeholders to deliver technical solutions

Desirable

• Upstart’s Foundations team builds and maintains the large-scale data platforms that support Growth marketing initiatives across the business. The team powers audience segmentation, marketing campaign enablement, and user session attribution systems that directly influence customer acquisition and loan conversion outcomes
• As a Senior Software Engineer at Upstart, you will help scale and extend backend data systems that enable high-quality, reliable marketing data workflows
• You will partner closely with engineering, product, and marketing stakeholders to improve data availability, maintainability, and observability while supporting business-critical marketing operations
• Build and maintain scalable backend systems and data pipelines that support audience segmentation and marketing attribution workflows
• Partner with product managers, marketers, and engineers to deliver data solutions that support customer acquisition and conversion goals
• Extend existing data infrastructure to support increasing data volumes, evolving business requirements, and new integrations
• Contribute to data quality initiatives by implementing monitoring, validation, and guardrail mechanisms across critical datasets
• Participate in technical discussions around architecture, access patterns, and platform scalability to support long-term platform growth