Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Upstart is an AI lending marketplace dedicated to reducing the cost and complexity of borrowing for Americans. The Senior Manager, Privacy Engineering will lead the Privacy Engineering team to build scalable privacy infrastructure and ensure compliance with privacy regulations, while collaborating with various teams to embed privacy-by-design into Upstart's systems.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Privacy Engineering team’s strategy, roadmap, and execution across privacy infrastructure, data governance, and privacy-by-design initiatives
- Hire, coach, and develop a team of privacy engineers while establishing clear operating rhythms, priorities, and technical standards
- Guide the design and delivery of scalable privacy controls, including data discovery, classification, access controls, audit logging, retention, deletion, lineage, encryption, and key management
- Partner with Legal, Compliance, Security, Product, Data, Machine Learning, and Infrastructure teams to translate privacy requirements into practical technical solutions
- Oversee privacy reviews, technical risk assessments, and threat modeling for new products, data flows, models, and platform capabilities
- Define metrics and communicate progress, tradeoffs, dependencies, and risks to technical and cross-functional stakeholder
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, and 8+ years of experience in engineering, including at least 3 years of direct people management experience
- Experience leading engineering teams responsible for production software, platform, privacy, security, or data systems
- Experience designing, building, or operating privacy, security, data governance, or data platform capabilities in production environments
- Experience translating privacy, security, compliance, or regulatory requirements into technical controls
- Experience working with cross-functional partners such as Legal, Compliance, Security, Product, Data, or Machine Learning teams
- Knowledge of privacy-by-design principles, data minimization, purpose limitation, consent, retention, deletion, and data subject rights
- Knowledge of privacy and data protection regulations or frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, GLBA, FCRA, or similar requirements
- Experience with privacy reviews, threat modeling, risk assessments, data inventories, lineage systems, or automated policy enforcement
- Experience building privacy or governance controls for machine learning, AI, financial services, lending, or other regulated data environments
- Ability to communicate technical privacy tradeoffs clearly across engineering, legal, product, security, and business audiences
Benefits
- Target bonuses
- Equity compensation
- Generous benefits packages (including medical, dental, vision, and 401k)
- Competitive compensation, including base pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly
- Retirement benefits to help you plan for the future, including a 401(k) or Group Retirement Savings Plan with a company match of $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 annually (USD in the US, CAD in Canada)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees (US only)
- Comprehensive health coverage designed to support you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, and wellness resources for US and supplemental health coverage for Canada.
- Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart for eligible plans (US only)
- Income protection benefits, including life insurance and disability coverage for added financial security
- Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays, in line with local requirements
- Paid family and parental leave to support caregiving and major life moments (duration varies by country)
- Family-centered benefits to support fertility, parenthood, and caregiving needs
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering mental health support and life-centered resources
- Financial wellness resources, including access to financial planning tools and a financial concierge service (US Only)
- Annual wellness allowance to support your physical and emotional well-being and personal development, based on what matters most to you
- Annual productivity allowance to invest in relevant tools and resources you need to do your best work, no matter where you work from
- Connection and community through team events, all-company updates, and employee resource groups (ERGs)
- Onsite perks, including catered lunches and fully stocked micro-kitchens when working from one of our offices in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City (opening Summer 2026!)
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