[Hiring] Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning Simulations @Upstart

Role Description

As the Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning Simulations at Upstart, you will lead the team that owns the marketplace simulation platform. Your job is to:

• Own the engineering roadmap for Upstart's marketplace simulation platform, and decide which teams and use cases it serves next.
• Lead, coach, and grow a team of engineers working across distributed services, offline data pipelines, and large-scale compute.
• Raise simulation reliability and accuracy to a level teams trust for launch decisions, including automated checks that detect drift between simulated and production results.
• Reduce the cost of each simulation as usage grows, through smart architecture and compute choices.
• Extend simulation coverage across the lending funnel and into new loan products, partnering with the teams who own each stage of pricing and decisioning logic.
• Turn recurring questions from machine learning, analytics, and capital markets partners into self-serve simulation workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years of engineering management experience.
• Experience leading engineering teams that build and operate backend platforms or distributed systems in production.
• Experience delivering platform or infrastructure programs that span multiple teams.
• Proficiency with some or many of the following: Python, Kotlin, AWS, Kubernetes, Databricks, Spark.

Requirements

• Knowledge of simulation, backtesting, experimentation, or offline model evaluation systems.
• Experience supporting machine learning teams or operating MLOps infrastructure, including model inference, workflow orchestration, and offline feature pipelines.
• Knowledge of lending, pricing, credit risk, or marketplace economics.
• Ability to treat compute cost and efficiency as an engineering goal alongside reliability.
• Ability to build shared platforms where partner teams own part of the logic, and to keep those interfaces steady as systems evolve.
• Experience developing senior engineers and emerging engineering leaders.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly.
• Retirement benefits to help you plan for the future, including a 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually (USD in the US, CAD in Canada).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees (US only).
• Comprehensive health coverage designed to support you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, and wellness resources for US and supplemental health coverage for Canada.
• Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart for eligible plans (US only).
• Income protection benefits, including life insurance and disability coverage for added financial security.
• Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays, in line with local requirements.
• Paid family and parental leave to support caregiving and major life moments (duration varies by country).
• Family-centered benefits to support fertility, parenthood, and caregiving needs.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering mental health support and life-centered resources.
• Financial wellness resources, including access to financial planning tools and a financial concierge service (US Only).
• Annual wellness allowance to support your physical and emotional well-being and personal development, based on what matters most to you.
• Annual productivity allowance to invest in relevant tools and resources you need to do your best work, no matter where you work from.
• Connection and community through team events, all-company updates, and employee resource groups (ERGs).
• Onsite perks, including catered lunches and fully stocked micro-kitchens when working from one of our offices in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City.