Principal Product Manager, Pricing Platform
Remote
Actively hiring
Verified listing
Canada
Posted 41 days ago
Apply by Sep 1, 2026
$187,900–$260,000
/ year
At a glance
AI generatedTL;DR
As a Principal Product Manager on Upstart’s Pricing Platform team, you will lead the strategic evolution of a critical system that powers pricing for various loan products. Your role involves defining and executing long-term vision to transform complex, monolithic architectures into modular, service-oriented systems, enhancing reliability and engineering velocity. You will collaborate closely with engineering, machine learning, and product teams to drive platform improvements and enable new capabilities, while balancing short-term business needs with long-term investments. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in backend platforms, large-scale system management, and a strong technical background, ideally including work on pricing systems or similar optimization technologies.
Skills
Python
Java
Kubernetes
Docker
AWS
CI/CD
PostgreSQL
Redis
GraphQL
REST
Microservices
Scalability
Modular Architecture
Service-Oriented Architecture
Machine Learning
Data Science
Analytics
What you'll do
- Define and execute long-term vision for Upstart's pricing platform.
- Improve reliability and quality of pricing systems to prevent high-impact failures.
- Drive evolution from monolithic architecture to modular service-oriented systems.
- Enable new pricing capabilities by partnering with cross-functional teams.
- Balance short-term business needs with long-term platform investment opportunities.
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of product management experience in backend platforms or infrastructure systems.
- Proven ability to work with engineering teams on large-scale, complex technical projects.
- Strong track record of defining and executing product requirements for technical products.
- Experience evolving monolithic systems into modular architectures preferred.
- Background in pricing systems, ads platforms, or optimization systems advantageous.
- Familiarity with machine learning, data science, or analytics-driven environments beneficial.
Market check
Salary context
Above market
How this pay compares to similar roles
Similar $198k
This role $224k
$151k
most similar roles pay here
$272k
This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $162,575–$233,425 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $224k versus about $198k for comparable roles.
Based on 239 similar postings.
Employer
About Upstart
Upstart is an AI lending platform that partners with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit using non-traditional variables.
Upstart currently has 40 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $177,200–$245,400 across 40 roles with salary data.
Most-posted roles
- Director of Engineering, Upstart Bank 1
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- Head of Collections and Loss Mitigation 1
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