Senior Engineering Manager, Upstart Bank

Upstart is a digital-first company focused on reducing the cost and complexity of borrowing for Americans. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for Upstart Bank to lead engineering teams and drive execution across critical banking systems, ensuring reliable and scalable infrastructure for a modern banking platform.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and grow one or more engineering teams responsible for a critical area of the Upstart Bank platform
• Drive execution across complex, bank-critical systems in areas such as ledgering and funding, deposits and payments, reporting, or integrations
• Partner with Product, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Finance, and Operations to translate business and regulatory needs into technical plans and delivered software
• Contribute to technical direction and architecture for your area, ensuring systems support reliability, resilience, security, traceability, and auditability
• Manage cross-functional dependencies and improve the predictability and quality of delivery across teams
• Build engineering processes that support internal controls, audits, change management, and reliable operation in a regulated environment
• Hire, coach, and develop engineers and emerging engineering leaders
• Foster a culture of rigor, ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years of engineering management experience
• Experience leading engineering teams through complex, cross-functional platform or infrastructure initiatives
• Strong technical background with experience contributing to architecture and technical direction for distributed systems, cloud platforms, or business-critical infrastructure
• Experience operating in regulated, high-control, or high-reliability environments where quality, controls, auditability, and change management are critical
• Experience building or integrating core financial infrastructure such as ledgering, payments, deposits, funding systems, reporting, or financial integrations
• Experience in banking, fintech, payments, lending, or other regulated financial systems
• Experience building platforms that support internal controls, audits, and reliable operation in regulated environments
• Experience leading platform modernization, core-system launches, vendor integrations, or major infrastructure transformations
• Experience developing senior engineers, tech leads, or emerging engineering leaders
• Demonstrated ability to balance speed, quality, reliability, and compliance in high-stakes technical environments
• Interest in improving access to credit through technology and scalable financial infrastructure