Senior Software Engineer, Auto

Upstart

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Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Canada
Salary
$166,900–$230,900 / yr
Posted
132 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Jan 22, 2027

Market check

Salary context

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 73% of similar roles. Most pay $149,875–$204,612 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $199k versus about $177k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 54 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $166,900–$230,900 across 53 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Auto

The Senior Software Engineer, Auto joins the Auto Direct team to expand access to secured lending products. In this role, you will build and improve product features for the Auto Secured Personal Loan product, focusing on customer-facing funnel improvements, eligibility logic, and workflow automation. You will design and deliver durable, scalable engineering solutions that improve operational efficiency and borrower experience. Key responsibilities include partnering with cross-functional teams to evaluate tradeoffs across risk, complexity, and speed to market while ensuring high-quality delivery in a regulated environment. You will utilize skills in designing, building, testing, and deploying production software systems, backend services, and platform capabilities. The work involves solving technical problems within the consumer lending and fintech space to automate manual workflows and expand eligibility for secured lending programs.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $208800 from 354 postings across 50 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build and improve product features to expand access to the Auto Secured Personal Loan product.
  • Design and deliver customer-facing funnel improvements and eligibility logic.
  • Develop workflow automation to improve borrower experience and operational efficiency.
  • Create durable and scalable engineering solutions for future secured lending product expansion.
  • Identify implementation risks and contribute to the team's technical direction.
  • Ensure high-quality delivery in a regulated environment through system design, testing, and observability.
  • Evaluate technical tradeoffs across customer experience, risk, complexity, and speed to market.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 4+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Experience designing, building, testing, and deploying production software systems.
  • Experience developing customer-facing product features, platform capabilities, or backend services in a production environment.
  • Experience working with cross-functional partners such as product management, design, analytics, operations, legal, or compliance.
  • Experience making technical tradeoffs across system reliability, maintainability, scalability, and product delivery timelines.
  • Knowledge of consumer lending, fintech, marketplace, or regulated product environments (preferred).
  • Experience building or improving conversion funnels, eligibility systems, decisioning workflows, or operational automation (preferred).

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