Senior Engineering Manager, ML Simulations – Remote

OhioX; Austin, San Francisco, New York (TX, CA, NY); Hybrid; USD 195,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Health coverage (medical/dental/vision

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Upstart’s Machine Learning and Simulations Platform team builds and operates the infrastructure behind ML model training, features engineering, inference, and marketplace simulation. As the Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead the team that owns this platform.

You will work across machine learning, pricing, product, analytics, and infrastructure teams to productionize simulations, cut costs, and extend coverage across the lending funnel and into new loan products.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years of engineering management.
• Experience leading engineering teams that build and operate backend platforms or distributed systems.
• Experience delivering platform or infrastructure programs spanning multiple teams.
• Proficiency with Python, Kotlin, AWS, Kubernetes, Databricks, and Spark.

Responsibilities

• Own the engineering roadmap for the marketplace simulation platform and decide which teams and use cases it serves next.
• Lead, coach, and grow a team of engineers across distributed services, offline data pipelines, and large-scale compute.
• Raise simulation reliability and accuracy for launch decisions with automated drift checks.
• Reduce per-simulation cost through smart architecture and compute choices.
• Extend coverage across lending funnel and new loan products with partner teams.
• Turn recurring questions into self-serve simulation workflows.

Skills

Python

Kotlin

AWS

Kubernetes

Databricks

Spark

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Job description

Upstart’s Machine Learning and Simulations Platform team builds and operates the infrastructure behind ML model training, features engineering, inference, and marketplace simulation. As the Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead the team that owns this platform.

You will work across machine learning, pricing, product, analytics, and infrastructure teams to productionize simulations, cut costs, and extend coverage across the lending funnel and into new loan products.