Senior Software Engineer, ML Platform Infrastructure

About Upstart

Upstart is a leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit. By leveraging Upstart's AI marketplace, Upstart-powered banks and credit unions can have higher approval rates and lower loss rates across races, ages, and genders, while simultaneously delivering the exceptional digital-first lending experience their customers demand. More than two-thirds of Upstart loans are approved instantly and are fully automated.

Upstart is a digital-first company, which means that most Upstarters can live and work anywhere in the U.S. We also have offices in San Mateo, California; Columbus, Ohio; and Austin, Texas.

Most Upstarters join us because they connect with our mission of enabling access to effortless credit based on true risk. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Upstart, we’d love to hear from you!

 

The Team

Upstart's Machine Learning Platform team has a mix of professionals with different areas of deep expertise - from machine learning model development, training, and deployment, to cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, workflow orchestration, automation, and much more. The ML Platform team is responsible for ensuring we have a sound understanding of the model training and deployment lifecycle for various ML teams as we work to improve ML workflows across the company. 

As a Senior Software Engineer on the ML Platform Infrastructure team, you’ll be responsible for building an MLOps platform that supports machine learning model development, training, process automation, deployment, and monitoring. Machine Learning is critical to Upstart’s core business, and our greatest competitive advantage lies in the fact that we’re able to innovate on our AI engine quickly.

 

Position Location - This role is available in the following locations: Remote, San Mateo, Columbus, Austin

 

Time Zone Requirements - This team operates across all U.S. time zones

 

Travel Requirements - This team has regular on-site collaboration sessions. These occur 3-5 days per quarter at one of our office locations. If you need to travel to make these meetups, Upstart will cover all travel-related expenses.

 

How you’ll make an impact:

• Build, maintain, and monitor high-quality software applications that enable machine learning models to be applied to the ever-evolving needs of the business
• Develop the scaffolding and infrastructure that allows research scientists to iterate and train large scale machine learning models
• Enable research scientists to experiment rapidly and iterate on model training code so that we can continuously improve our models
• Work with data engineers, devops engineers, and research scientists to ensure that model training and deployment is a repeatable process that relies heavily on robots (not humans)

 

What we’re looking for: 

• Minimum requirements:
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Experience building and maintaining backend software services and APIs
  • Experience with cloud compute, services, containerization, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) and testing frameworks
  • Experience with some or many of the following: Python, Typescript, interactive notebooks (Jupyter/Sagemaker), and AWS
  • Good understanding of software development principles and best practices for creating scalable and maintainable systems
    
    
• Preferred qualifications:
  • Familiarity with cluster compute architectures (i.e.: Kubernetes) and serverless architectures (i.e. AWS Lambda, Batch)
  • Excellent quantitative reasoning skills with interest in working at the intersection of engineering and machine learning
  • Strong sense of ownership and accountability for the quality and timely delivery of work
  • Proven ability to effectively analyze and solve complex problems
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with stakeholders, peers and product owners
  • Ability to thrive both in self-directed work environments and in collaborative settings, contributing positively to team dynamics

 

What you'll love: 

• Competitive Compensation (base + bonus & equity)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart 
• 401(k) with 100% company match up to $4,500 and immediate vesting and after-tax savings
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous holiday, vacation, sick and safety leave  
• Supportive parental, family care, and military leave