[Remote] Senior Engineering Manager, Platform Delivery

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Upstart is a leading AI lending marketplace focused on reducing the cost and complexity of borrowing for all Americans. They are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for the Delivery team who will lead efforts to improve the reliability, speed, and usability of Upstart's software delivery platform, driving high-impact improvements to developer workflows and ensuring systems are scalable and easy to operate.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a team focused on CI/CD, service lifecycle tooling, and developer experience
• Drive execution against clear priorities with consistent, high-quality delivery
• Establish strong engineering practices across reliability, testing, and observability
• Build a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and pragmatic decision-making
• Improve build and deployment workflows to increase speed and reduce friction
• Drive adoption of standardized deployment patterns across services
• Simplify and modernize delivery infrastructure while maintaining stability
• Ensure systems are scalable, secure, and resilient
• Enable self-service workflows for service creation, deployment, and platform integrations
• Reduce manual coordination, support tickets, and reliance on tribal knowledge
• Partner with stakeholders to identify pain points and prioritize high-leverage improvements
• Contribute to the engineering portal as the central interface for service lifecycle operations
• Embed observability and operational standards into delivery workflows
• Ensure systems support safe, auditable, and predictable releases
• Reduce toil and improve system health through targeted improvements

Skills

• 5+ years of engineering management experience
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering
• Strong technical background in CI/CD systems, cloud infrastructure such as AWS, and distributed systems
• Ability to define clear team charters and execute with speed and alignment
• Track record of hiring, mentoring, and retaining high-performing engineers
• Execution-focused leadership with a track record of predictable delivery
• Technical depth to guide architectural decisions and trade-offs
• Systems thinking across reliability, scalability, and developer experience
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• Experience with managing large-scale CI/CD systems such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions
• Experience building or improving self-service developer platforms
• Familiarity with microservices architectures and service lifecycle management
• Experience supporting platform or architectural transitions
• Strong product mindset when building internal tools

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!)

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