Senior Manager, Software Engineering – Machine Learning Simulations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the engineering roadmap for Upstart's marketplace simulation platform.

• Determine the next teams and use cases that the platform will support.

• Guide, mentor, and develop engineers working with distributed services, offline data pipelines, and large-scale computing.

• Enhance the reliability and accuracy of simulations used for launch decisions.

• Implement automated checks to identify discrepancies between simulated and production outcomes.

• Lower simulation costs through strategic architecture and computing decisions.

• Broaden simulation coverage across the lending funnel and new loan products.

• Collaborate with teams responsible for pricing and decision-making logic.

• Transform recurring inquiries from machine learning, analytics, and capital markets partners into self-service simulation workflows.

• Work in partnership with machine learning, pricing, product, analytics, and infrastructure teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.

• Over 8 years of software engineering experience, including at least 3 years in an engineering management role.

• Proven experience in leading engineering teams that build and maintain backend platforms or distributed systems in a production environment.

• Experience in delivering platform or infrastructure initiatives that span multiple teams.

• Proficient in some or many of the following: Python, Kotlin, AWS, Kubernetes, Databricks, Spark.

• Availability during East/West coast time zones.

• Preferred: familiarity with simulation, backtesting, experimentation, or offline model evaluation systems.

• Preferred: experience supporting machine learning teams or managing MLOps infrastructure.

• Preferred: understanding of lending, pricing, credit risk, or marketplace economics.

• Preferred: capability to optimize compute costs and efficiency.

• Preferred: experience in creating shared platforms with stable interfaces.

• Preferred: history of developing senior engineers and nurturing emerging engineering leaders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Target bonuses.

• Equity compensation and annual equity grants that vest quarterly.

• 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually.

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offering discounted stock purchase options for eligible US employees.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and wellness resources available for US employees.

• Supplemental health coverage provided for Canada.

• Contributions to Health Savings Accounts for eligible US plans.

• Life insurance and disability coverage.

• Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays.

• Paid family and parental leave.

• Benefits for fertility, parenthood, and caregiving.

• Employee Assistance Program offering mental health support and life-centered resources.

• Financial planning tools and concierge services available for US employees.

• Annual wellness allowance.

• Annual productivity allowance.

• Team events, company-wide updates, and employee resource groups.

• Catered lunches and stocked micro-kitchens at offices located in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City.