Software Engineer, Distribution Platform

Upstart is an AI lending marketplace focused on reducing the cost and complexity of borrowing through advanced technology. The Software Engineer will build scalable systems for marketing content distribution, collaborate with product, analytics, machine learning, and marketing teams, and improve software reliability and maintainability.

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
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work in a distributed team
• 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