Upstart · 3 hours ago
Senior Manager, Database Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$186K/yr - $258K/yr
8+ years expUpstart is the leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit. The Senior Manager of Database Engineering will lead a team to define the long-term vision for database engineering, ensuring operational excellence and scalability of database systems that support Upstart's lending platform.
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Responsibilities
Define the roadmap for database engineering, ensuring our database infrastructure scales with Upstart’s growth
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Database Engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration
Partner with application and data engineering teams to establish standards for database design, schema governance, and query optimization
Drive initiatives to improve availability, security, and performance across all production and non-production database environments
Champion automation and tooling that reduce operational overhead, increase observability, and improve developer self-service
Act as a thought partner to engineering leadership on database strategy, scaling, and cost efficiency
Qualification
Required
3+ years of people and team management experience, and 8+ years of experience in database engineering or DBA roles
Deep expertise in Postgres, including extensions, performance tuning, and replication
Experience designing and supporting high-volume OLTP systems
Strong background with AWS (RDS, EC2, IAM, VPC, S3) and infrastructure automation
Proficiency with Python or another scripting language for database automation and tooling
Strong communication skills and proven ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and operations teams
Preferred
Experience with Clickhouse, DataDog DBM, or other distributed database technologies
Familiarity with database scalability solutions in cloud environments
Experience in financial services, fintech, or other highly regulated industries
Background managing mission-critical systems with high uptime requirements
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart
Generous 401(k) plan with Upstart matching $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 per year
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Life and disability insurance
Generous holiday, vacation, sick and safety leave
Supportive parental, family care, and military leave programs
Annual wellness, technology & ergonomic reimbursement programs
Social activities including team events and onsites, all-company updates, employee resource groups (ERGs), and other interest groups such as book clubs, fitness, investing, and volunteering
Catered lunches + snacks & drinks when working in offices
Company
Upstart
Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) is a leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$3.36BKey Investors
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2025-11-06Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2025-09-05Post Ipo Debt· $320M
2025-08-12Post Ipo Debt· $600M
Leadership Team
Dave Girouard
Founder & CEO
Paul Gu
Co-Founder
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