Staff Applied Scientist

Upstart’s Machine Learning team advances the scientific methods and predictive systems that power our AI-driven lending marketplace. The team combines applied research, large-scale modeling, and cross-functional collaboration to improve decision quality, model reliability, and the effectiveness of our lending platform.

As a Staff Applied Scientist at Upstart, you will provide technical leadership across complex, high-impact machine learning initiatives. You will define scientific approaches to ambiguous problems, influence modeling strategy across teams, and establish methods that improve the performance and reliability of our machine learning systems.