Data Platform Engineer, Upstart
$142-196.6k
+ Bonus + Equity
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AI lending marketplace
Open for applications
AI lending marketplace
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$142-196.6k
+ Bonus + Equity
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
- 3+ years of experience in data platform development, data engineering or related fields
- 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
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to analyze complex technical challenges and deliver effective solutions
- 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.)
- 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 focusing on Data Curation
- Build and maintain user-friendly, scalable tools that enable data teams and other stakeholders to perform data transformations without needing deep technical expertise
- Expand the self-serve ETL and orchestration framework that developers use to build pipelines
- Manage, organize, and maintain the data catalog to ensure efficient data discovery, governance, access control, and metadata management across the organization
- Build and Improve the tools owned by the Data Curation team
- Participate in planning and prioritization by collaborating with stakeholders across the various product verticals and functions (ML, Analytics, Finance, Software engineering) to ensure our tools/frameworks help deliver overall business objectives
- Collaborate with stakeholders such as Software Engineering, Machine Learning, Machine Learning Platform and Analytics teams to onboard them to the Lakehouse and adopt the developer tools
- Participate in code reviews and architecture discussions to exchange actionable feedback with peers
- Help break down complex projects and requirements into stories for 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
- Develop and maintain technical documentation for the data platform, including design, architecture, and operational procedures. Promote best practices for data engineering within the organization
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
-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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