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Upstart

AI lending marketplace for banks and consumers

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About

Upstart builds an AI lending platform that partners with banks and credit unions to originate personal loans, auto loans, and HELOCs using non-traditional variables like education and job history for underwriting. It serves consumers seeking affordable credit and lenders aiming to approve more borrowers at lower loss rates. The platform automates over 90% of loans, enabling instant approvals and expanding credit access.

Tech stack
RGRC toolsEvent-Driven ArchitectureLoggingCISSPSuccess MetricsFCRADASTNIST Privacy FrameworkPythonAWSLookerKubernetesSQLJavaKotlinDatabricksTerraformMicroservicesDocker
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Open roles · 73
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Principal Security Engineer, Data Security

Principal-level security engineer defining infrastructure security strategy and leading cross-functional efforts to secure cloud, Kubernetes, and developer platforms at scale.

191k – 264kUnited StatesSecurity EngineeringRemote8+ YOEGoAWS
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Paralegal, Capital Markets

Paralegal supporting capital markets and legal teams on ABS deals, warehouse financings, and investment funds. Requires 5+ years experience with 2+ years in banking or structured finance.

100k – 140kUnited StatesLegalRemote5+ YOEWordAdobe
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Sr Manager, Product Quality Oversight

Lead and build a new Product Quality function for Upstart Bank, designing quality frameworks, governance, and oversight for lending products and servicing workflows. Requires 8+ years in consumer lending quality/compliance and 3+ years managing teams.

172k – 274kUnited StatesOtherRemote8+ YOETILAFDCPA
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Product Quality Manager

Lead Upstart’s secured lending quality control program across origination, servicing, and collections. Oversee QC sampling, regulatory compliance, root cause analysis, and executive reporting for mortgage and auto products.

145k – 201kUnited StatesOtherRemote7+ YOEMortgageQC Sampling
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Senior Manager, Technology Risk

Lead second-line technology and information security risk oversight for a de novo national bank, establishing the 2LOD technology risk framework and providing independent oversight of IT, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure.

172k – 238kUnited StatesSecurity EngineeringRemote8+ YOEGRCCISA
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Senior Manager, Vendor Management

Lead and build the first-line vendor oversight function for secured lending products, managing critical third-party relationships, risk tiering, performance monitoring, and regulatory-ready documentation.

172k – 238kUnited StatesBusiness OperationsRemote7+ YOEcompliancerisk tiering
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Director, Compliance & Control Oversight - Growth

Leads first-line compliance and controls for Upstart’s growth engine, overseeing acquisition channels, marketing programs, partner relationships, and product launches for regulatory and fair lending risk. Requires 7+ years in consumer lending compliance with deep knowledge of UDAAP, Reg B, CAN-SPAM, and TCPA.

201k – 279kUnited StatesLegalRemote7+ YOETCPAUDAAP
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Senior Director, Operational Excellence

Build and lead Operational Excellence functions covering issue management, complaints, identity theft, credit disputes, and quality control. Drive strategy, governance, and continuous improvement across lending operations in a regulated fintech environment.

198k – 275kUnited StatesBusiness OperationsRemote12+ YOEData AnalyticsQuality Control
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Lead Counsel, Corporate and Banking

Lead corporate governance and regulatory compliance for an OCC-chartered national bank, advising on board processes, affiliate transactions, and federal banking regulations. Requires JD, active bar membership, and 7+ years of banking or financial services legal experience.

208k – 288kSan Mateo, CALegalRemote7+ YOEBanking LawRegulation W
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Senior Software Engineer, Pricing

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Core Pricing team, you will design and implement highly scalable, low-latency services that convert ML underwriting outputs into accurate risk and profitability measures, playing a critical role in evolving Upstart’s loan pricing systems.

153k – 231kUnited StatesBackend EngineeringHybrid5+ YOEAWSGCP
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Payroll Specialist

The Payroll Specialist will be responsible for full cycle US domestic payroll processing, ensuring accuracy and compliance. This role requires meticulous attention to detail and a high level of confidentiality.

70k – 95kUnited StatesFinance & AccountingRemote3+ YOEFPCCPP
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Lead Legal Counsel, Lending Partnerships

As Lead Legal Counsel, Lending Partnerships, you will provide legal and strategic advice for the Lending Partnerships business, handling commercial, business development, and transactional legal matters. This role involves drafting and negotiating complex B2B SaaS agreements and other commercial agreements, while assessing and mitigating legal risks.

180k – 249kUnited StatesLegalRemote7+ YOEnegotiationlegal advice
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Principal Applied Scientist

As a Principal Applied Scientist, you will define the technical direction for offer optimization and conversion modeling systems, working across teams to integrate models and optimization systems. This role involves structuring ambiguous problems, designing solutions, and providing technical oversight to ensure a coherent long-term vision.

220k – 330kUnited StatesAI ResearchRemote8+ YOEFintechStatistics
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Senior Software Engineer

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Home Lending Borrower Experience team, you will build and improve borrower-facing systems, own production quality, and lead technical design and implementation for multi-quarter projects.

167k – 231kUnited StatesFullstack EngineeringRemote5+ YOEFunnel DataCode Reviews
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Senior Human Resources Business Partner

As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will support Operations and Risk teams, focusing on manager coaching, performance management, employee relations, and team effectiveness. You will contribute to company-wide People programs and initiatives.

138k – 219kUnited StatesPeople OpsRemote6+ YOEHRBPHRIS
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Operations Manager, Auto Loan Processing

The Operations Manager, Auto Loan Processing will lead the Auto Loans Onboarding team, overseeing daily operations, managing team production, and ensuring target KPIs are met. This role involves developing strategies for performance optimization and providing leadership and mentorship to associates and associate managers.

79k – 109kColumbus, OHBusiness OperationsHybrid2+ YOEData AnalysisKPI Monitoring
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Senior Product Manager, ASPL

Drive the strategy and execution for Upstart's Auto Secured Personal Loans (ASPL) product. Lead cross-functional teams to increase conversion, remove friction, and onboard capital while ensuring regulatory compliance.

153k – 225kUnited StatesProduct ManagementRemote4+ YOEKYCKYB
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Principal Program Manager, Tech Risk (BC/DR)

Lead and mature Upstart’s enterprise business continuity and disaster recovery program, driving BIA, resilience planning, testing, and governance for a regulated fintech environment.

172k – 238kUnited StatesBusiness OperationsRemote8+ YOENISTFFIEC
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Senior Software Engineer - Partner Integrations and Origination Platform

Design and build scalable backend services and platform infrastructure for loan origination workflows across products and lending partners. Own systems through the full lifecycle including design, deployment, monitoring, and on-call support.

167k – 231kUnited StatesBackend EngineeringRemote6+ YOETemporalAPI Design
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Senior Software Engineer, Foundations

Senior engineer building and scaling backend data platforms for marketing audience segmentation, attribution, and customer acquisition workflows at an AI lending company.

167k – 231kUnited StatesBackend EngineeringRemote5+ YOEDatabasesMonitoring
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Recruiting Coordinator (Contract)

Support Upstart's recruiting team by coordinating interviews, maintaining candidate records in Greenhouse and ModernLoop, and delivering an exceptional candidate experience in a fast-paced environment.

30 – 40United StatesRecruitingRemote1+ YOEATSGreenhouse
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Senior Security Engineering Manager, Product Security

Lead a team of security engineers scaling secure-by-design practices across application, infrastructure, offensive, and product security. Partner with engineering and risk leaders to reduce systemic risk and improve security posture of customer-facing products and cloud-native services.

191k – 264kUnited StatesSecurity EngineeringRemote8+ YOEAWSKubernetes
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Senior Security Engineering Manager, Enterprise Security

Lead and mature security engineering programs across enterprise security, security operations, and detection engineering. Manage a team of security professionals while building proactive controls, improving detection/response, and driving cross-functional risk reduction initiatives.

191k – 264kUnited StatesSecurity EngineeringRemote8+ YOEAWSSIEM
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Software Engineer, Foundations

Build and maintain scalable backend data systems and pipelines supporting audience segmentation, marketing attribution, and customer acquisition at a leading AI lending platform.

142k – 196kUnited StatesBackend EngineeringRemote3+ YOEDatabasesMonitoring
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Senior Engineering Manager, Cash Line

Lead a team of ~10 engineers building and scaling Upstart’s first in-house revolving credit product. Establish execution systems and partner with Product and Design to deliver complex roadmap initiatives.

183k – 270kUnited StatesEngineering ManagementRemote8+ YOEFintechTeam Development