# Staff Analyst

**Company:** [Upstart](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/upstart)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Data Analytics
**Salary:** $157k – $218k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Python, SQL, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Science, credit analytics, credit risk, Financial Analysis, Experimentation, reporting automation
**Posted:** 2026-08-10

> Owns monitoring and reporting for personal-loan credit and model performance, investigates trends and unexpected outcomes, and recommends data-driven treatments. Requires a quantitative master’s degree, 6+ years of analytics or data-science experience, and Python and SQL expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own credit and performance monitoring for the Personal Loans product.
- Identify performance trends, investigate root causes, and recommend targeted treatments.
- Perform rigorous statistical analyses to evaluate past experiments and natural experiments.
- Build and maintain workflows that automate and scale standard reporting.
- Provide regular model and credit performance visibility to senior leadership and support data-driven decision-making.

## Requirements
- Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Finance, Operations Research, Physics, or a related field.
- 6+ years of experience in analytics, data science, or a related quantitative field.
- Experience with Python and SQL.
- Strong analytical and first-principles thinking, with the ability to tackle complex and ambiguous problems.
- Strong communication, presentation, and collaboration skills, including the ability to clearly explain complex analytical concepts to diverse audiences.

## Nice-to-Haves
- PhD in a quantitative field.
- Experience or familiarity with finance, especially lending.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Anticipated base salary range: **$157,000–$217,500 USD**.
- Target bonuses, equity compensation, and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) coverage.
- Company retirement match, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off, paid family and parental leave, wellness and productivity allowances, and employee assistance resources.
- Remote work with team collaboration across time zones ranging from EST to PST; regular onsite meetings may be required.

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