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The Team: 

We’re a small, senior engineering team at Upstart focused on launching a new product that aims to expand access to responsible and affordable credit. Operating like a startup within the company, we move quickly and work autonomously. With a greenfield codebase and an AI-native development approach, we’re not just building a product—we’re redefining how lean, high-impact engineering teams work.

How you’ll make an impact

• Set technical direction and lead architectural design for core backend systems that power a new consumer credit product.

• Build distributed, event-driven services that are reliable, observable, and scalable—designed for long-term evolution.

• Drive zero-to-one product development in collaboration with cross-functional partners, translating ambiguous product goals into high-impact solutions.

• Champion engineering velocity and quality by shaping patterns, practices, and tooling across the stack.

• Lead with an AI-native mindset—leveraging and integrating AI tools to improve development workflows, reduce friction, and accelerate impact.

• Serve as a technical mentor and thought leader within a high-performing, fast-moving team.

• Influence product direction through technical insights, customer empathy, and an ability to balance tradeoffs between speed, scale, and quality.

Minimum Qualifications 

• 8+ years of experience designing and building backend systems in production, with a focus on consumer-scale applications.

• Deep expertise in distributed systems and event-driven architectures (Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, etc.), including experience with idempotency, retries, and fault tolerance. 

• Strong command of an object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, Kotlin, C#, Python, Ruby), along with experience working with APIs, databases, and caching systems.

• Proven success leading complex, zero-to-one product development in ambiguous or fast-changing environments.

• Demonstrated ability to influence product strategy through technical leadership and user-centric thinking.

• Track record of building with observability and operational excellence in mind (metrics, logs, traces, alerting, etc.).

• Active use of AI tools in engineering, with a forward-looking perspective on how AI is reshaping software development.

• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills; able to align teams and advocate for high-impact solutions across functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading technical initiatives at B2C fintech or high-scale consumer technology companies.

• Background in payments, credit, or transactional systems with high reliability and regulatory requirements.

• Familiarity with schema management and safe data migrations (e.g., Protobuf, Avro) in distributed systems.

• History of setting architectural direction and influencing engineering culture in high-growth environments.

• Entrepreneurial mindset—comfortable wearing multiple hats, operating autonomously, and navigating early-stage product phases.

• Passion for building products that expand access and improve outcomes for underserved users.

• Demonstrated interest in agentic or AI-assisted systems and enthusiasm for shaping the future of AI-native software development.

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

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.

What you’ll love: 

• Competitive Compensation (base + bonus & equity)
• 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

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What You Will Do

As the Senior Director of Product for our Platform, you will work to increase product velocity, reliability, and cohesion across every customer-facing experience, while enabling teams to build faster and safer at scale.

This role will define and evolve the shared foundation: core services, frameworks, tooling, and platform experiences that unlock premium products across our Talent products. 

• Set the direction for Platform at Lattice: You’ll define a clear product vision for our platform that helps teams build high-quality products quickly and reliably
• Make teams more effective: You’ll focus platform investments on what creates the most leverage for our product teams: better tooling, stronger foundations, and shared experiences that reduce friction and rework.
• Lead and grow product managers: You’ll manage and develop a small, talented team of PMs, helping them do their best work and grow in their careers.
• Partner closely with Engineering and Design: You’ll work day-to-day with engineering and design leaders to make thoughtful trade-offs, prioritize well, and keep teams aligned.
• Deliver meaningful impact: You’ll ensure platform work translates into real outcomes: faster shipping, improved reliability, and more consistent, high-quality experiences for customers.
• Connect platform work to the business: You’ll collaborate with go-to-market and customer teams so our platform investments clearly support customer needs and company goals.

What You Will Bring to the Table

• Experience leading complex software products or platforms, with scope across multiple teams.
• A track record of building and developing product managers.
• Comfort working closely with technical partners and navigating trade-offs in complex systems.
• Strong judgment, clear communication, and a collaborative, inclusive leadership style.
• A customer-first mindset and a desire to build products that make work better.

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The estimated annual cash salary for this role is CAD $255,000 – $340,000. This position is also eligible for incentive stock options, subject to the terms of Lattice’s applicable plans.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical insurance; Dental insurance; Vision insurance; Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance; Emergency Weather Support; Wellness Apps; Paid Parental Leave, Paid Time off inclusive of holidays and sick time; Commuter & Parking Accounts; Lunches in the Office; Internet and Phone Stipend; 401(k) retirement plan; Financial Planning; Learning & Development Budget

*Note on Pay Transparency:

Lattice provides an estimate of the compensation for roles that may be hired as required by state regulations. Compensation may vary based on (a) location, as Lattice factors in specific location when benchmarking compensation for most roles; (b) individual candidate skills and qualifications; and (c) individual candidate experience.

Additionally, Lattice leverages current market data to determine compensation, so posted compensation figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Lattice reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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