Upstart
Senior Software Engineer, Identity
$167K–$242K
United States +2 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Location
- United States
Remote
Remote - Experience
- 4 years of software engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and operate secure backend systems for login, account management, authentication, and authorization across Upstart products.
What you'll do
- Own projects from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing improvement.
- Balance security and customer experience while improving the reliability, maintainability, and security of interconnected systems.
- Partner with Product, Information Security, Application Security, and engineering teams to deliver secure capabilities.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of software engineering experience.
- Experience designing, building, testing, and maintaining production backend software or services, and owning projects through production delivery.
- Experience with APIs, services, or components in distributed or interconnected production systems, and with code review, automated testing, debugging, and production support.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of identity and access management concepts and standards such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, or SAML.
- Experience with frontend development, larger engineering organizations, or AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor or Claude Code.
Pay
$166,900 — $242,400 USD (base salary)
Tools
OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, Cursor, Claude Code
AI focus
Use AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor and Claude Code to accelerate learning and delivery, validating their output with engineering judgment.
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