Senior Data Platform Engineer, Upstart
$160.4-222k
+ Bonus + Equity + ESPP
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AI lending marketplace
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AI lending marketplace
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$160.4-222k
+ Bonus + Equity + ESPP
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable effortless credit based on true risk.
Role
Who you are
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering or related fields, with a strong focus on data quality, governance, and data infrastructure
- Proficiency in data engineering tech stack; Databricks / PostgreSQL / Python / Spark / Kafka / SQL / AWS / Airflow/ DBT / containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and others
- Ability to approach problems with first principles thinking, embrace ambiguity, and enjoy collaborative work on complex solutions
Desirable
- Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures and their real-world use cases
- Experience and understanding of distributed systems, data architecture design, and big data technologies (e.g., Spark, Kafka, Lakehouse, Databricks)
- Experience with AWS technologies ( e.g., AWS Lambda, Redshift, RDS, S3, etc.)
- Knowledge of data quality management, data governance, and data security best practices
- Good knowledge of DevOps engineering using Continuous Integration/Delivery tools like Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform, etc., thinking about automation, alerting, monitoring, security, and other declarative infrastructure
- Ability to explain complex concepts in easy-to-understand ways and navigate environments where problems are not well-defined (and evolve quickly)
What the job involves
- The Data Platform Engineering team (Part of Upstart's core platform vertical) provides developer tools, frameworks, and scalable data infrastructure as shared services across Upstart
- The team's primary objective is to provide Data Analysts, Software Engineers, and ML scientists access to high-quality data and developer tools to create business metrics for respective product verticals
- You will join the subdivision of our Data Platform teams focusing on Data Quality, Governance, and Production Experience (Data Infrastructure)
- Expand the existing developer tools to support Upstart's various data validation & quality checks by integrating with open-source, 3rd party, and custom data quality solutions
- Build a framework to capture Data Lineage and location of critical fields and integrate with Upstart's data catalog solution that informs various data handling rules
- Improve data infrastructure uptime and observability
- Participate in planning and prioritization by collaborating with stakeholders across the various product verticals and functions (ML, Analytics, Finance, Legal, Privacy, Security) to ensure our architecture aligns with the overall business objectives
- Collaborate with Data Governance and Security teams to implement robust privacy requests, data protection mechanisms, access controls, and data lineage
- Participate in code reviews and architecture discussions to exchange actionable feedback with peers
- Contribute to engineering best practices and mentor junior team members
- Help break down complex projects and requirements into sprints
- Continuously monitor and improve data platform performance, reliability, and security
- Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry best practices in data engineering
- Design and ship code independently
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
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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