Upstart is looking to solve the problem of enabling access to effortless credit based on true risk, and the Auto Retail Lending team is focused on making it easy, fast, and seamless for car buyers to secure auto loans through dealership partners.
Requirements
- Experience with Javascript/typescript based applications
- Experience with delivering full stack solutions to customers
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS or Google Cloud) and microservices architecture
- Experience with agile development methodologies and project management tools like Jira
- Experience delivering FinTech products or products in another regulated industry
- Strong product and analytical mindset that allows you to think in terms of ROI, risk, and trade offs
- Experience working at companies that have gone through periods of rapid business or organizational growth
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing engineering team focused on providing high quality solutions.
- 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 cross functional teams in Auto & Upstart to ensure alignment with broader engineering goals.
- Partner with 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.
- Manage project timelines and resources to deliver high-quality product solutions on time.
- Implement frameworks to ensure efficient project execution and continuous delivery.
Other
- 8+ years of experience developing and maintaining large scale distributed systems in the cloud with a minimum of 2 years managing a team directly
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 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
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously
