# Staff Machine Learning Model Risk Specialist at Upstart

- Company: Upstart
- What the company does: Explore lending solutions through Upstart, including personal loans, debt consolidation, short-term relief, Cash Line, and HELOC. Check your rate today! Backed by Khosla, Kleiner Perkins and NEA.
- Company website: https://www.upstart.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: United States | Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-08-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://careers.upstart.com/jobs?gh_jid=8140033
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/upstart-staff-machine-learning-model-risk-specialist/

## About the role

Upstart’s Model Risk team is responsible for ensuring that the risk of models — including all models impacting the new Upstart Bank — is well-understood, monitored, and mitigated. For years, machine learning (ML) models have been the key, differentiating technology at Upstart and an exciting area of focus for the team, but we are also expanding our scope to include all modeling methodologies and Generative AI applications across the Bank.

## What they're looking for

- Master’s degree in quantitative field such as finance, mathematics, economics, statistics or a related discipline
- 4+ years of experience in model risk management, model validation, model governance, machine learning, data science, quantitative risk, AI governance, or a related technical risk function
- Internship or project experience related to model risk management, model validation, machine learning, or data science
- Basic understanding of AI/ML methodologies such as tree-based models and neural networks
- General familiarity with GenAI applications
- Experience coding in R, Python, or similar languages such as Matlab

Tags: Risk & Compliance Department