Senior Engineering Manager, Upstart
Home Lending
$180.7-250k
+ Bonus + Equity + ESPP
More information about location
AI lending marketplace
Open for applications
AI lending marketplace
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$180.7-250k
+ Bonus + Equity + ESPP
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable effortless credit based on true risk.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years on product-focused engineering teams
- 3+ years of management experience
- Strong proficiency in any programming language
- Experience with delivering full stack solutions to customers
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and microservices architecture
- Excellent leadership and people management skills, with a track record of building and leading successful engineering teams
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make data-driven decisions
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience with agile development methodologies and project management tools like Jira
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with the latest industry trends
What the job involves
- As a Senior Engineering Manager on the Home Lending team, you’ll grow Upstart’s newest business: home equity line of credit (HELOC)
- We’re starting a new consumer-facing team to expand our customer base and improve our borrower experience
- You’ll be responsible for hiring and building your own team, with room to grow to multiple teams by the end of 2025
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing engineering team focused on providing high quality solutions and incrementally enhance systems with each pull request
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture that promotes innovation, continuous learning, and excellence
- Oversee the design, development, and implementation of cross functional projects which drive business outcomes
- Ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of customer facing products, leveraging best practices in software engineering
- Collaborate with architecture and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment with broader engineering goals
- Partner with general manager, product manager, product designer, engineering leaders across Upstart, legal, operations, analytics, and compliance teams to gather requirements and ensure solutions meet business needs and regulatory standards
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders to keep them informed of project status, risks, and opportunities
- Manage project timelines and resources to deliver high-quality product solutions on time
- Implement frameworks to ensure efficient project execution and continuous delivery
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.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-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 values
- Every second counts
- Do the right thing even when it's hard
- Make clever use of numbers
- Be smart and know you might be wrong
- Don't assume it can be done
Company HQ
South San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
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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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