Upstart is looking to reimagine its Machine Learning and Simulations Platform (MLSP) infrastructure to support the growing complexity of ML models, the demand for low-latency inference, and the accuracy needed to simulate the dynamics of their borrower-lender marketplace at scale.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, including 5+ years leading teams or organizations focused on ML infrastructure, simulations, or large-scale distributed systems.
- Proven track record of launching science-heavy products and ML infrastructure at scale, including experience with model training, serving, and performance optimization.
- Strong systems and infrastructure fundamentals, with the ability to design and evaluate architectures for high-throughput and low-latency ML workloads.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines and communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience managing senior engineers and driving alignment across multiple cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with simulation platforms, experimentation frameworks, or financial modeling tools used to assess impact offline.
- Deep knowledge of modern ML tooling, including GPU-based training, neural network frameworks, and containerized infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Drive the technical vision and roadmap for Upstart’s next-generation machine learning and simulation platform, enabling increased scale, performance, and confidence in decisioning.
- Lead efforts to modernize our model training and serving infrastructure, reducing training time from days to hours and inference latency to just a few seconds for our most complex models.
- Spearhead the design and implementation of a distributed platform capable of supporting neural networks, GPU-based training, and scalable hosting of complex models.
- Overhaul our simulation systems to more accurately reflect production environments, reducing simulation cost and enabling broader usage across teams.
- Work cross-functionally with ML, Engineering, Product, and Finance leaders to align on long-term strategy and incrementally deliver measurable business value.
- Build and mentor a team of senior engineers and technical leads (including existing leaders), enabling them to grow and scale their areas of ownership.
- Identify opportunities to expand the charter and unlock new investment areas, such as automated model refreshing and simulation-driven product development
Other
- Position Location - This role is available in the following locations: Remote, San Mateo, Columbus, Austin
- Time Zone Requirements - This team operates across all US time zones.
- Travel Requirements - 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.
- Competitive Compensation (base + bonus & equity)
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart
