Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing engineering team focused on providing high quality solutions and incrementally enhance systems with each pull request.
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture that promotes innovation, continuous learning, and excellence.
- Oversee the design, development, and implementation of cross functional projects which drive business outcomes.
- Ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of customer facing products, leveraging best practices in software engineering.
- Collaborate with architecture and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment with broader engineering goals.
- Partner with general manager, product manager, product designer, engineering leaders across Upstart, legal, operations, analytics, and compliance teams to gather requirements and ensure solutions meet business needs and regulatory standards.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders to keep them informed of project status, risks, and opportunities.
- Manage project timelines and resources to deliver high-quality product solutions on time.
- Implement frameworks to ensure efficient project execution and continuous delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years on product-focused engineering teams.
- 3+ years of management experience.
- Strong proficiency in any programming language.
- Experience with delivering full stack solutions to customers.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and microservices architecture.
- Excellent leadership and people management skills, with a track record of building and leading successful engineering teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make data-driven decisions.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with agile development methodologies and project management tools like Jira.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with the latest industry trends.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Team
Structure: new consumer-facing team to expand our customer base and improve our borrower experience
Additional Information
- This team operates across all U.S. time zones.
- This team has regular on-site collaboration sessions. These occur 3 days per quarter at an Upstart office. If you need to travel to make these meetups, Upstart will cover all travel related expenses.
