Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning Data Enablement

Upstart

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Work type
Remote
Location
Columbus, OHAustin, TXSan Francisco, CANew York, NY
Salary
$195,000–$270,000 / yr
Posted
43 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Feb 1, 2027

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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 49 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $166,900–$230,900 across 48 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineering Manager, Machine Learning Data Enablement

The Senior Engineering Manager - Machine Learning Data Enablement leads a platform team responsible for the end-to-end data lifecycle powering machine learning models across internal and third-party datasets. You will define the technical strategy and execution roadmap to accelerate data evaluation velocity and reduce time-to-production for high-value sources. Key responsibilities include building a high-performing team to manage data integration, quality, metadata, and infrastructure for online inference and offline training. You will implement data contracts, SLAs, and reconciliation frameworks to ensure reliability. The role requires expertise in Databricks, Spark, Python, SQL, AWS, streaming systems, and orchestration frameworks. You will solve complex data bottlenecks by operationalizing standardized vendor intake and improving metadata coverage within a regulated fintech environment where explainability and auditability are critical.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in California?

Median $281300 from 84 postings across 24 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build and lead a high-performing team spanning data integration, data quality, metadata, and ML-critical data infrastructure.
  • Set and execute a technical strategy to increase data evaluation velocity and reduce time-to-production for high-value data sources.
  • Drive robust data quality and reconciliation frameworks, including ingress-level monitoring and drift detection.
  • Champion a company-wide shift toward data contracts and SLAs to ensure clear ownership and quality standards for ML datasets.
  • Accelerate third-party data onboarding by operationalizing standardized vendor intake and configurable microservices.
  • Improve metadata coverage, lineage standards, and ML discoverability for internal data domains.
  • Establish end-to-end ownership across the third-party and internal data lifecycle to eliminate fragmented workflows.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • At least 8 years of engineering experience.
  • At least 3 years of direct people management experience.
  • Experience owning production data pipelines for both offline training and online inference.
  • Experience building and scaling data systems using Databricks/Spark, Python, SQL, AWS, streaming systems, and orchestration frameworks.
  • Experience designing and enforcing data quality frameworks and observability for production systems.
  • 10+ years in data engineering and ML platform roles, with 5+ years managing engineering teams (preferred).
  • Experience with feature stores, real-time feature delivery, lakehouse architecture, or DevOps/infrastructure-as-code (preferred).

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