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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer - **Company:** Upstart - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $166,900.0 - $230,900.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Code Review, Design of User Interfaces, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Web Applications, Backend, Information Technology - **Published:** June 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=bd71349399db18c0 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Web applications?, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics, or a related field or its equivalent, and 4 years of professional software engineering experience * Experience building and maintaining production software systems for consumer-facing web applications * Experience with backend or user interface engineering in a production environment * Experience owning production systems, including operational support, incident response, or on-call responsibilities * Experience independently driving multi-quarter engineering projects from technical design through delivery, * Knowledge of financial technology, lending, home lending, or other regulated consumer finance products * Experience working on application funnels, borrower journeys, customer journeys, or other high-volume conversion flows * Ability to use product metrics, funnel data, error rates, and engineering judgment to prioritize technical work * Skills in improving complex live systems incrementally while continuing to deliver new product capabilities * Ability to influence cross-functional partners through clear technical recommendations and thoughtful tradeoff discussions ## Description If you're energized by tackling meaningful problems, excited to innovate with purpose, and motivated by work that truly matters, we'd love to hear from you. The Team: Upstart's Home Lending Borrower Experience team supports the Home Lending borrower journey, including the end-to-end experience borrowers use to apply, receive a decision, and close. The team builds and maintains borrower-facing systems that directly affect application completion, customer satisfaction, and the ability to scale Home Lending products as volume grows. As a Senior Software Engineer on the team, you will own the reliability, quality, and forward momentum of borrower-facing systems. You will make technical decisions that balance speed, risk, maintainability, and product impact while partnering across Product, Design, Data and Machine Learning, Servicing, and Operations. How you'll make an impact * Build and improve borrower-facing systems that support Home Lending's application, decisioning, and closing experience * Own production quality for critical borrower flows, including reliability, observability, error reduction, and on-call support * Partner with Product, Design, Data and Machine Learning, Servicing, and Operations to deliver effective solutions across complex lending workflows * Lead technical design and implementation for multi-quarter projects that improve borrower conversion, satisfaction, and product quality * Make thoughtful technical tradeoffs that balance near-term delivery with long-term maintainability as Home Lending volume and product scope grow * Improve team execution through code reviews, technical guidance, documentation, and practical engineering standards ## Related Videos - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Are Code Reviews Worth It? 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