Upstart Software Developer reviews

4.0

26% would recommend to a friend

(27 total reviews)
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Dave Girouard

80% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Upstart with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 27 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Upstart is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Financial Services industry (3.6 stars).

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27 reviews
5.0
May 27, 2020
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Pros

Leadership is accommodating. Environment fosters career development (bother interpersonal and technical). Bi-annual reviews help you adjust and improve quickly. You always know where you stand and how you can improve. Technical work is deep and challenging, you will learn new things and be part of improving a large software system. Mentorship and guidance when you need it, opportunities to mentor others when they need it.

Cons

The company has grown quickly, so there are growing pains organizationally. Decisions require input across multiple teams, that can cause things to move slower at times. This relates to the recent growth of the company -- sometimes decision making processes move slower than you would like.

5.0
Feb 14, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

1. people - everyone is intelligent yet humble at the same time. Engineering, product, and data science teams have good sense of camaraderie 2. business - growing rapidly! Path to IPO is much more apparent than in most startups as executive team puts an emphasis on growing the business economically/sensibly over wasteful endeavors 3. mission - ultimately aiming to create a fairer system with respect to who can access credit and at what price.

Cons

sometimes need to take a step back and ensure the foundations are in place to support it in say recruiting, managers, systems, etc

5.0
Apr 14, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I joined Upstart looking for a challenging startup environment with a healthy work/life balance and greater responsibility than I had at my previous company—a tall order for sure, but Upstart has come through in every way. The founding team and executive staff are incredible (CTO in particular gets a special shout out from me), benefits and compensation are great, and the work is in service of a product that helps normal people in a not-insignificant way. The environment is one where everyone is working as hard as they can to make good things happen—it's incredibly motivating. The company is small enough at this point that I can attest that literally nobody is a jerk, and everyone feels like a vital part of the success.

Cons

Office is a little far away from stuff (although there's a great cafe with a wide variety in the neighboring building).

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