Senior Applied ML Engineer
UpstartAI Lending company
United States$199,500 - $276,000 USDSenior
Data & AI
About the role
TL;DR
Senior Applied ML Engineer to build LLM applications and generative AI features.
- •Upstart's Applied LLM team is building foundational infrastructure to democratize generative AI across the company.
- •This role focuses on bringing the power of LLMs and generative AI to Upstart's core products, shipping intelligent features that elevate user experience.
- •Key Responsibilities Design and build user-facing ML features leveraging LLMs and generative AI.
- •Partner with product, design, and ML research to deliver ML-powered experiences.
- •Own the technical architecture and implementation strategy for applied ML systems.
- •Build scalable services and APIs to deliver model outputs to users.
- •Collaborate with platform, infra, and legal/compliance teams on ML deployments.
- •Requirements 4+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years on ML-driven products.
- •Proven ability to lead complex initiatives across engineering, product, and research.
- •Strong backend development skills (Python with FastAPI or Flask) and cloud-native tooling (Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform).
- •Experience integrating LLMs or ML models into production systems.
- •Excellent communication and a product-minded approach.
Required skills
PythonFastAPIFlaskKubernetesDockerTerraformLLMs
Nice-to-have skills
LangChainOpenAI APIReact
Domain expertise
fintech
Benefits & perks
Bonus opportunities, Equity grants, 401(k) with company match, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Medical, dental, and vision insurance, Wellness resources, Health Savings Account contributions, Life insurance, Disability coverage, Paid time off, Sick leave, Company holidays, Paid family and parental leave, Family-centered benefits, Employee Assistance Program, Financial wellness resources, Annual wellness allowance, Annual productivity allowance, Team events, All-company updates, Employee resource groups
Tech stack
PythonFastAPIFlaskKubernetesDockerTerraformLangChainOpenAI APIReact