Software Engineer, Foundations

4 months ago
Full-time
Mid Level
Software Development
Upstart

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Founded 2012

Description

  • Build and maintain scalable backend systems and data pipelines for audience segmentation and marketing attribution.
  • Partner with product managers, marketers, and engineers to deliver data solutions that support acquisition and conversion goals.
  • Extend existing data infrastructure to handle growing data volumes, evolving requirements, and new integrations.
  • Implement monitoring, validation, and guardrail mechanisms to improve data quality across critical datasets.
  • Participate in technical discussions on architecture, access patterns, and platform scalability.
  • Improve data availability, maintainability, and observability for business-critical marketing operations.
  • Support backend distributed systems and large-scale data platforms in a production environment.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and engineering best practices across teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent experience, plus 3 years of software engineering experience.
  • 3+ years of experience building and maintaining backend distributed systems or large-scale data platforms.
  • Experience working with data processing systems, databases, or data pipelines in production environments.
  • Experience implementing fault tolerance, monitoring, and observability practices for backend systems.
  • Experience collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, product, or business stakeholders to deliver technical solutions.
  • Knowledge of data modeling and schema design best practices for large-scale data systems (preferred).
  • Experience supporting marketing technology, attribution, or customer segmentation platforms (preferred).
  • Familiarity with data governance, privacy, and PII security considerations (preferred).
  • Ability to balance short-term feature delivery with long-term platform maintainability and scalability (preferred).
  • Experience contributing to architectural discussions and improving engineering best practices across teams (preferred).

Benefits

  • United States remote base salary range of $142,000 to $196,000 USD.
  • Target bonuses and annual equity compensation.
  • 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible US employees.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus wellness resources.
  • Health Savings Account contributions for eligible US plans.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage for income protection.
  • Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays.
  • Paid family and parental leave, plus fertility, parenthood, and caregiving support.
  • Employee Assistance Program with mental health support and life-centered resources.
  • Annual wellness allowance and annual productivity allowance.
  • Onsite perks such as catered lunches and stocked micro-kitchens at office locations.

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