Senior DevOps Engineer

Upstart

Remote

Quick summary

Work type: Remote
Location: Canada
Salary: $166,900–$230,900 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Closes: Sep 24, 2026

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $199k

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This role pays more than 75% of similar roles. Most pay $142,175–$198,900 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $199k versus about $171k for comparable roles.

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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.

Upstart currently has 61 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $172,100–$238,300 across 61 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior DevOps Engineer

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As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Upstart’s EPA & Quality team, you will play a pivotal role in evolving the Ephemeral Infrastructure platform by designing and operating Kubernetes-based environments that enable efficient software development. Your responsibilities include enhancing reliability, scalability, and usability through automation and tooling improvements, while partnering with various teams to integrate infrastructure capabilities and streamline developer workflows. You will develop cloud-native solutions using AWS services like EKS and EC2, leveraging Go or similar languages for automation tasks. Additionally, you will contribute to the long-term architecture of Upstart’s developer platform, focusing on observability, incident response, and operational excellence in a large-scale production environment.

Skills

Kubernetes AWS EKS EC2 IAM Go Terraform Helm GitOps ArgoCD CI/CD Docker Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Design and build Kubernetes-based ephemeral environments for efficient software development.
Enhance the reliability and scalability of Upstart's Ephemeral Infrastructure platform through automation.
Develop infrastructure automation tools to reduce operational tasks and speed up software delivery.
Improve observability and incident response practices for better platform health and engineer productivity.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate infrastructure capabilities and optimize developer workflows.

What we're looking for

4+ years of experience designing, deploying, and operating production Kubernetes environments.
Experience building and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS using services like EKS, EC2, IAM, and networking components.
Proficiency in developing software and automation with Go or a comparable programming language.
Strong background in implementing infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines for automated operational workflows.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field (or equivalent experience).

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