Senior DevOps Engineer, Ephemeral Infrastructure

Upstart

full-time

Posted on: 9/28/2025

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $163,600 - $226,400 per year

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About the role

Architect, build, automate and scale tools used by product engineers for pre-production development and testing
Define and build the next generation of Upstart’s Ephemeral infrastructure (Kubernetes-based)
Partner with XCUT teams to ensure tools integrate seamlessly into Ephemeral Environments
Drive major improvements in tooling and infrastructure alongside teammates
Enable product engineers to rapidly spin up fully functional environments for development, preproduction testing, pen-testing, demos, and special use cases
Evangelize Ephemeral tooling by delivering best-in-class documentation and processes
Operate and maintain Kubernetes in production and ensure reliability at scale
Collaborate across teams to support Upstart’s AI lending products

5+ years of experience in a DevOps/SRE role
5+ years of deep, hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating Kubernetes in production
Proficiency and experience with Golang
Strong experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, EKS) in production environments
Expertise in Linux systems: architecture, administration, troubleshooting, and operations
Certified Kubernetes Administrator/Architect (CKA/CKAD) or equivalent certification (preferred)
Proven ability to inspire collaboration and stay engaged on a fully remote team (preferred)
Experience designing and building Kubernetes operators (preferred)
Strong CI/CD skills, including building pipelines with automated test coverage (preferred)
Broad DevOps expertise across scripting, IaC, automation, configuration management, and container orchestration (preferred)
Hands-on experience with tools like Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Artifactory, Harness, or similar platforms (preferred)
Ability to work East/West coast time zones and attend occasional onsite sessions

Benefits

Competitive Compensation (base + bonus & equity)
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart
401(k) with 100% company match up to $4,500 and immediate vesting and after-tax savings
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
Target bonuses, equity compensation, and generous benefits packages
Digital-first remote work (Remote-United States) with regular onsites once or twice per quarter

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