Senior Software Engineer, Upstart
Auto Retail
$163.6-226.4k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan + Bonus + Equity
AI lending marketplace
Job no longer available
AI lending marketplace
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$163.6-226.4k
+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan + Bonus + Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable effortless credit based on true risk.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years working with full stack web applications
- 3+ years of experience working in a full stack capacity with NodeJS/Typescript and React or equivalent
- Able to translate complex business requirements into system architecture and technical designs
- Experience leading engineers on medium to large projects through planning, design, implementation, and launch
- Experience driving a culture of technical excellence related to quality, availability, and scalability
Desirable
- Experience developing and testing mobile web applications
- Experience with cloud computing platforms and services such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience deploying web applications on Vercel and/or with NextJS
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer on the Auto Retail team at Upstart, you will work closely with cross-functional partners to execute projects across the whole stack. You’re a self-starter who delivers work with quality, testability, resiliency, and maintainability in mind.
- You’ll move efficiently and deliberately to drive both existing and greenfield projects forward, while always keeping our end users in mind
- Lead successful projects working collaboratively with engineering team members and cross-functional partners
- Make thoughtful architectural decisions to improve the quality of our software
- Translate complex business requirements into technical plans, and ultimately high quality code
- Drive a culture of technical excellence
Our take
Business startups across the world usually seek out funding, but this is often difficult for companies led by millenials. Millennial entrepreneurs with an excellent track record in business are increasingly requiring access to these loans, but their lack of credit history results in proposals frequently being declined.
Upstart provides loans that are aimed towards the target audience of millennials with entrepreneurial intentions, offering low interest rates that average at 12%. The company claims these rates are 10% lower than traditional lenders, and the service aims towards ensuring that the client is subject to no further fees (such as prepayment penalties).
Upstart claims that its unique selling point lies in the fact that its loans are funded the day after approval. Whilst the service focuses on personal loans for business, the company has also expanded to offer loans for car refinancing. Over 2022 and 23, Upstart's stocks fell dramatically and an investigation was undertaken by a law firm representing the company's long-term investors over alleged security law violations by its board of directors. However, the end of 2023 saw a 20% stock value rise for Upstart after its partnership with Mutual Security Credit Union led to a rise in customers, indicating that it is on the up after a difficult two years.
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Insights
-16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2019
$50m
SERIES D
Mar 2017
$32.5m
SERIES D
Total funding: $135.7m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health plans
- 401k Plan
- Life insurance
- Disability insuranc
- Generous vacation policy
- Flexible time off
- Parental leave
- Technology equipment budget
- Personal development budget
- Various clubs and extracurricular activities
- Catered lunches
- Fully-stocked micro-kitchen
Company HQ
South San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
David Girouard
(CEO)They started their career at Accenture and Booz Allen & Hamilton before working in Product Management at Apple and Virage. They left their role of 8 years as President of Enterprise at Google to found Upstart in March 2012.
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