Software Engineer, Distribution Platform

About the role

At Upstart, we're united by a mission that matters: to radically reduce the cost and complexity of borrowing for all Americans. The Distribution Platform team develops innovative solutions and strategies that drive efficient and scalable marketing outreach, empowering us to effectively engage with our users while having a direct impact on Upstart's mission and growth.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional partners including product managers, designers, machine learning engineers, analytics, and marketing managers to design and deliver high-quality products to be served across various marketing channels
• Design and build technology for serving marketing content to users in a scalable and efficient manner
• Make architectural contributions and decisions to improve the reliability of our software and maintainability of our code base

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics, or a related field (or its equivalent) + 3 years of experience
• Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages such as Ruby, Java, Kotlin, Python, or Javascript
• Experience building scalable APIs and microservices in a cloud-based environment (e.g., AWS, GCP)
• Experience leading small to medium sized projects over multiple months and/or multiple engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on systems that integrate with 3rd parties and/or ingest, store, expose large amounts of data
• Experience with SQL, data warehouses, or other database technologies
• Professional experience with digital advertising platforms like Google Ads or Meta Ads
• Professional experience working with Ruby on Rails and/or Kotlin
• Experience or interest in working with React, TypeScript, or front-end technologies
• Experience working with marketing technology or growth engineering

Pay

The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the range of $142,000 - $196,000 USD. Your actual base pay will depend on your geographic location.

Schedule

This role is available in the following locations: Remote

The majority of your work can be accomplished remotely. The majority of our employees can live and work anywhere in the U.S. but are encouraged to spend high quality time in-person collaborating via regular onsites. The in-person sessions' cadence varies depending on the team and role; most teams meet once or twice per quarter for 2-4 consecutive days at a time.