• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing engineering team focused on providing high quality solutions and incrementally enhance systems with each pull request. • Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture that promotes innovation, continuous learning, and excellence. • Oversee the design, development, and implementation of cross functional projects which drive business outcomes. • Ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of customer facing products, leveraging best practices in software engineering. • Collaborate with architecture and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment with broader engineering goals. • Partner with general manager, product manager, product designer, engineering leaders across Upstart, legal, operations, analytics, and compliance teams to gather requirements and ensure solutions meet business needs and regulatory standards. • Communicate effectively with stakeholders to keep them informed of project status, risks, and opportunities. • Manage project timelines and resources to deliver high-quality product solutions on time. • Implement frameworks to ensure efficient project execution and continuous delivery.