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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
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The Senior Application Security Engineer joins the Application Security team to enable product and engineering teams to build secure products without slowing innovation. You will lead application security projects, conduct threat modeling, and perform security architecture reviews for complex customer-facing applications, APIs, distributed services, and AI/ML systems. Your daily work involves designing secure-by-default controls, building automation for vulnerability detection, and assessing the security of GenAI integrations and agentic systems. You will utilize Java, Python, Ruby, or Go to develop production software and security automation. Key responsibilities include managing secrets, implementing SAST, DAST, and SCA, and ensuring API security across cloud-native microservices. This role solves critical security challenges within a regulated environment, specifically protecting AI-enabled systems and sensitive data handling while maintaining a positive developer experience.
Mobile Application Security
iOS
Android
Ruby
Go
Python
CI/CD
Penetration Testing
Dynamic Analysis
Threat Modeling
Identity and Authentication
Secure Data Storage
AI Security
Code Review