Upstart
Senior Engineering Manager, Product Led Growth
Job Summary
This role involves leading a high-performing engineering team focused on developing user-facing features that enhance engagement and growth through personalized offers and strategic recommendations. The senior engineering manager will collaborate with cross-functional teams, define roadmaps, and leverage data analytics to improve user experiences across the platform. Candidates should have extensive software development experience, management skills, and familiarity with scalable, product-oriented systems. The position emphasizes innovation in growth engineering and personalization within a digital-first environment.
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About Upstart
Upstart is the leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit. By leveraging Upstart's AI marketplace, Upstart-powered banks and credit unions can have higher approval rates and lower loss rates across races, ages, and genders, while simultaneously delivering the exceptional digital-first lending experience their customers demand. More than 80% of borrowers are approved instantly, with zero documentation to upload.
Upstart is a digital-first company, which means that most Upstarters live and work anywhere in the United States. However, we also have offices in San Mateo, California; Columbus, Ohio; and Austin, Texas.
Most Upstarters join us because they connect with our mission of enabling access to effortless credit based on true risk. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Upstart, we’d love to hear from you!
The Team
Upstart’s Product-Led Growth (PLG) Team is dedicated to deepening relationships with our existing users by delivering personalized, timely, and relevant financial offers through our ecosystem. Our vision is to continuously underwrite users to keep them engaged throughout their journey and empower them to make the best financial decisions. We are a key lever to grow our product marketplace and are leveraging ML to craft experiences that build trust and unlock value.
As a Senior Engineering Manager, you’ll lead the team focused on optimizing user engagement and growth through seamless offer presentation, intelligent targeting, and cross-sell strategies. From enhancing the logged-in dashboard to refining personalized experiences with pricing orchestration, your work will directly shape how users discover and benefit from Upstart’s expanding suite of financial products.
How you’ll make an impact:
- Define and drive an engineering roadmap that enables intelligent, personalized offer presentation and strategic product recommendations
- Partner with Product Managers, Designers, ML Scientists, and Marketers to deliver impactful, user-facing features
- Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team focused on building scalable, high-quality systems
- Leverage experimentation and analytics to iterate on user engagement strategies, enhancing lifetime value and customer satisfaction
What we’re looking for:
- Minimum requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of software development experience, with at least 3 years in direct engineering management
- Demonstrated success leading product-oriented teams delivering user-facing features with measurable outcomes
- Strong communicator adept at translating complex technical topics to cross-functional audiences
- Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with growth engineering systems such as experimentation platforms, personalization engines, or recommendation algorithms
- Familiarity with marketplace-style product dynamics
- Full-stack development experience with an ability to contribute across the stack
- Proven ability to scale both technical systems and engineering organizations
Position Location - This role is available in the following locations: Remote, San Mateo, Columbus, Austin
Time Zone Requirements - This team operates across all U.S. time zones.
Travel Requirements - This team has regular on-site collaboration sessions. These occur 3 days per quarter at an Upstart office. If you need to travel to make these meetups, Upstart will cover all travel related expenses.
What you'll love:
- 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
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Life and disability insurance
- Generous holiday, vacation, sick and safety leave
- Supportive parental, family care, and military leave programs
- Annual wellness, technology & ergonomic reimbursement programs
- Social activities including team events and onsites, all-company updates, employee resource groups (ERGs), and other interest groups such as book clubs, fitness, investing, and volunteering
- Catered lunches + snacks & drinks when working in offices
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At Upstart, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the below range. Your actual base pay will depend on your geographic location–with our “digital first” philosophy, Upstart uses compensation regions that vary depending on location. Individual pay is also determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
In addition, Upstart provides employees with target bonuses, equity compensation, and generous benefits packages (including medical, dental, vision, and 401k).
Upstart is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to ensuring that underrepresented classes receive better access to affordable credit, and are just as committed to embracing diversity and inclusion in our hiring practices. We celebrate all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, and know that we can only become better together.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please email [email protected]
Upstart
A lending platform using AI to provide personal loans and credit solutions with a focus on fair and fast approvals.
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