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About Upstart
Upstart is the leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit. By leveraging Upstart's AI marketplace, Upstart-powered banks and credit unions can have higher approval rates and lower loss rates across races, ages, and genders, while simultaneously delivering the exceptional digital-first lending experience their customers demand. More than 80% of borrowers are approved instantly, with zero documentation to upload.
Upstart is a digital-first company, which means that most Upstarters live and work anywhere in the United States. However, we also have offices in San Mateo, California; Columbus, Ohio; and Austin, Texas.
Most Upstarters join us because they connect with our mission of enabling access to effortless credit based on true risk. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Upstart, we’d love to hear from you!
The Team
Our IT Department manages support, projects, and initiatives for technology at Upstart. One of the functions of the IT department is the end user services team that consists of Support Analysts and Engineers. The End User Services function is looking for an IT Support Analyst that will support IT roadmap projects.
As the IT Support Analyst at Upstart, you will play an instrumental role in ensuring that our employees have the technology they need to be successful and productive in their roles. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, has experience supporting VIP end users, and can partner on cross-functional projects across IT infrastructure, AV services, and core IT operations.
Position Location - This role is available in the following locations: San Mateo, CA
*This is NOT a remote position. Regular onsite attendance is required at Upstart's San Mateo, CA office 5 days/week*
Time Zone Requirements - This team operates on the East/West Coast time zones.
Travel Requirements - Travel may be required on occasion. If you need to travel to make these meetups, Upstart will cover all travel related expenses.
How you’ll make an impact:
- Keep help desk inquiries and requests organized and up to date via internal ticketing system (Jira Service Desk).
- Onboarding and off-boarding of new employees, temporary employees, vendors, and contractors.
- Provide IT or application training to employees to ensure they have the technological resources and knowledge of how to use those resources to accomplish their responsibilities.
- Provide excellent service to internal and external clients; ensuring they feel that their problems are understood and addressed with minimal impact to the clients’ productivity.
- Document support tasks and create processes when needed in order to keep the IT team on the same page with how things are done, and that processes can be repeated or trained to others.
- Identify technological issue trends to proactively prevent problems and develop processes to resolve.
- Respond to help desk inquiries in a succinct and meaningful way.
- Resolve issues with Okta, GSuite, Atlassian, Slack, etc.
What we’re looking for:
- Minimum requirements:
- Have 2+ years of experience in a technical support or customer service environment supporting Mac OS.
- Have 2+ years of work experience in first and second level support of systems such as SSO (Okta), GSuite, Atlassian, Slack, MDM (Jamf), Zoom, and Meraki.
- You are able to independently perform basic problem determination and root cause analysis regarding network, access, and general IT issues.
- Have experience or involvement with IT projects or large initiatives.
- Have proficient understanding of internal and external customer requirements.
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Are able to work with external vendors for services and support
- Preferred qualifications:
- Have strong familiarity with IT Operations and cloud applications.
- You are able to create new support workflows.
This is a Non-Exempt position. Employees in this position are paid an hourly pay rate, on a bi-weekly basis, and are eligible to receive overtime pay for any hours worked over 40 in a work week, or over 8 in a work day if required by state law
Upstart is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to ensuring that underrepresented classes receive better access to affordable credit, and are just as committed to embracing diversity and inclusion in our hiring practices. We celebrate all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, and know that we can only become better together.
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Upstart Austin, Texas, USA Office
Upstart's office in Austin overlooks a waterfront park, Auditorium Shores, in the trendy Bouldin Creek neighborhood. With views of the Austin skyline, the office serves as a hub for our sales teams. The workspace is also available to ATX Upstarters seeking an in-office experience.
What you need to know about the Austin Tech Scene
Key Facts About Austin Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 180,500; 13.7% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
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- Funding Landscape: $4.5 billion in VC funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Live Oak Ventures, Austin Ventures, Hinge Capital, Gigafund, KdT Ventures, Next Coast Ventures, Silverton Partners
- Research Centers and Universities: University of Texas, Southwestern University, Texas State University, Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Texas Advanced Computing Center
