Upstart's Auto Retail Lending team aims to simplify and expedite the process for car buyers to obtain auto loans through dealership partners by building the core technologies for Upstart's Auto Finance platform, focusing on increasing demand for auto loans and enabling dealerships to efficiently create, present, and close loan offers.
Requirements
- 5+ years working with full stack web applications
- Demonstrated experience building scalable APIs and services, ideally in production
- Able to translate complex business requirements into system architecture and technical designs
- Experience leading engineers on medium to large projects through planning, design, implementation, and launch
- Experience driving a culture of technical excellence related to quality, availability, and scalability
- 3+ years working in a full stack capacity in languages such as Kotlin, Ruby, Typescript, or React
- Proficiency in Docker, GitHub Actions, and cloud environments like AWS
Responsibilities
- Lead successful projects working collaboratively with engineering team members and cross-functional partners
- Make thoughtful architectural decisions to improve the quality of our software and drive a culture of technical excellence
- Build dealership-facing tooling that streamline deal negotiation, loan creation, and contracting
- Ensure platform reliability and end-to-end scalability for Auto Retail loan originations
- Monitor success through metrics like conversion rate, rate presentation, and share of wallet
Other
- 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.
- 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
