Upstart
Fintech · AI-native lending (FICO alternative)
- HQ
- San Mateo, US
- Founded
- 2012
- Funding
- Public (UPST)
- Website
- upstart.com
Fintech · AI-native lending (FICO alternative)
Upstart currently has 12 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles are focused on serving infrastructure, accounting for 33% of the openings, followed by agents at 25%. Engineering is the dominant function, with 11 out of the 12 roles. Frequent tech tags include model serving, inference infrastructure, and recommender systems, suggesting a focus on deploying and optimizing AI models.
Currently tracking 7 active AI roles, up 19% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Serve · Engineering. Salary range $164k–$226k (avg $195k).
Upstart currently has 7 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Principal Applied Scientist, Principal Product Manager, Agentic Platform, Principal Software Engineer, Machine Learning Simulations , Senior Engineering Manager, Marketplace, Senior Engineering Manager, Offer Delivery. Most positions are in Engineering and Product.
Upstart's active AI hiring is concentrated in: application (43%), agents (29%), serving infrastructure (29%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Job postings at Upstart most frequently reference: model serving, recommender systems, inference infra, agent orchestration, tool use.
In the past 30 days, Upstart has posted 1 new AI-related role.
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Manager, Machine Learning Upstart is seeking a Senior Manager, Machine Learning to lead a small, nimble team of individual contributors. This is a highly technical player-coach role where the manager will spend roughly 50/50 split between technical execution and management. The role involves leading ML innovation for new products, building core models, optimizing mature models, and translating model predictions into business impact within the fintech domain. The team focuses on generalist ML leaders who can be deployed to areas of high impact, including new initiatives and scaling existing models. | ShipData | 8 |
| Senior Software Engineer, Cash Line Senior Software Engineer role at Upstart focused on building backend systems for a new AI-driven revolving credit product. The role involves designing and delivering production-grade services for underwriting, pricing, and servicing, with a strong emphasis on integrating AI decisioning into real-time user flows and applying generative AI to customer-facing features and internal tooling. Requires experience with distributed systems, object-oriented programming, and fluency with generative AI systems in production. | Ship | 7 |