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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.
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54 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$166,900–$230,900
across 53 roles with salary data.
The Principal Software Engineer, Pricing Platform joins the Core Pricing team to provide technical leadership across engineering, machine learning, and product organizations. You will shape the long-term architecture and strategy for pricing systems that serve multiple product lines, including Personal Loans, Auto, and HELOC. Your daily responsibilities involve leading the development of scalable, low-latency services that convert machine learning underwriting outputs into accurate pricing decisions while managing technical debt and mentoring senior leaders. You will utilize a technology stack including Python (Django, FastAPI, Celery), Kotlin/Spring Boot, gRPC/Protobuf, Temporal, AWS, Kubernetes, and Datadog. This role solves the complex business problem of translating underwriting insights into reliable risk and profitability decisions, ensuring financial correctness and high availability across the company's diverse lending products.
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