Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Upstart is a leading AI lending marketplace dedicated to reducing the cost and complexity of borrowing for all Americans. They are seeking a Senior Manager in Machine Learning to lead a small team, drive strategic initiatives, and make significant technical contributions to the development of machine learning models that impact lending outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Act as a Player-Coach: Dive deep into the data and code. You will spend a significant portion of your time making direct technical contributions, reviewing code/PRs, and understanding the mathematical nuances of your team's models
- Lead Strategic Initiatives: Take ownership of a specific product area (like Cash Line or Auto) and serve as the de facto ML leader in cross-functional strategy meetings
- Drive 0→1 and Scaling ML Efforts: Depending on your team placement, you may build out entirely new capabilities from scratch or optimize highly mature models dealing with massive scale and shifting macro-economic regimes
- Translate Models to Business Impact: Design and refine decision engines that translate model predictions into accurate, transparent, and customer-friendly lending outcomes
Skills
- 6+ years of experience developing and deploying machine learning models in production with direct business impact
- Proven track record of leading high-impact ML initiatives from research through productionization
- Advanced degree in a quantitative field (e.g., computer science, statistics, economics, operations research, etc)
- Strong technical judgment and ability to dive deep into model design, data analysis, and evaluation
- Keen statistical, economic and business intuition, and comfort with reasoning under uncertainty and data limitations
- Knowledge of production ML, ability to adapt to new tech stacks and get in the weeds of work output from the team
- Excited and able to make direct technical contributions when needed
- Exceptional leadership skills with experience developing teams of highly technical ML scientists
- Attract, mentor, and grow a top-tier team of ML scientists passionate about expanding access to credit
- Proven ability to influence and collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Capital Markets and other teams
- Strong project management skills with experience scaling processes and operational workflows
- PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Economics or a related field
- Proven success building and scaling new ML products from inception
- Familiarity with lending, lines of credit, or other consumer finance products
- Hands-on familiarity with end-to-end ML infrastructure, including experimentation pipelines, feature stores, and model monitoring. Ability to uplevel team's engineering practices and drive cross-functional engineering design
Benefits
- Target bonuses
- Equity compensation
- Generous benefits packages (including medical, dental, vision, and 401k)
- Competitive compensation, including base pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly
- Retirement benefits to help you plan for the future, including a 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually (USD in the US, CAD in Canada)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees (US only)
- Comprehensive health coverage designed to support you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, and wellness resources for US and supplemental health coverage for Canada.
- Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart for eligible plans (US only)
- Income protection benefits, including life insurance and disability coverage for added financial security
- Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays, in line with local requirements
- Paid family and parental leave to support caregiving and major life moments (duration varies by country)
- Family-centered benefits to support fertility, parenthood, and caregiving needs
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering mental health support and life-centered resources
- Financial wellness resources, including access to financial planning tools and a financial concierge service (US Only)
- Annual wellness allowance to support your physical and emotional well-being and personal development, based on what matters most to you
- Annual productivity allowance to invest in relevant tools and resources you need to do your best work, no matter where you work from
- Connection and community through team events, all-company updates, and employee resource groups (ERGs)
- Onsite perks, including catered lunches and fully stocked micro-kitchens when working from one of our offices in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City (opening Summer 2026!)
- Upstart will cover all travel related expenses
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