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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Upstart
- **Location:** Austin, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $166,900.0 - $230,900.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Software as a Service, Continuous Integration, Data Structures, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Datadog, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Istio, Large Language Models, Cloudformation, Sumo Logic (Software), Tools for Reporting, Terraform, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-software-engineer-site-reliability-upstart-7878022

## About the Role

* Minimum of 6 years combined experience between Software Engineering, Site Reliability, and/or DevOps Engineering including CI/CD, TDD, internal tooling, observability, and other agile development practices
 * Proficiency coding Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript
 * Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK, Cloudformation, etc.)
 * Software engineering background with experience building internal tooling from scratch, and other agile development techniques
 * Strong software design & architecture skills
 * Fundamentally sound with data structures & algorithms
 * Experience with on-call and incident management environments
 * Experience with observability, monitoring, and reporting tools (e.g., Datadog, Sumologic, , etc.)
 * Experience supporting SaaS software in a microservice-oriented cloud environment
 * Ability to work with multiple teams for enterprise-wide deliverables
 * Data/metrics-driven mindset

 * Preferred qualifications:

 * Experience with service mesh
 * Full Stack development skills
 * Experience building tooling for an observability platform
 * Experience leveraging LLM/GenAI to improve SRE efficiency and processes

Position Location - This role is available in the following locations: Remote, San Mateo, Columbus, Austin, NY

Time Zone Requirements - This team operates across all U.S. time zones.

Travel Requirements - This team has regular on-site collaboration sessions. These occur 3 days per quarter at an Upstart office. If you need to travel to make these meetups, Upstart will cover all travel related expenses.



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