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Infrastructure Security Engineer roles qualify for STEM OPT when your degree is in computer science, cybersecurity, electrical engineering, or a related STEM field. Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify, and the 24-month extension gives you up to 36 months total to build hands-on experience in network defense, vulnerability management, and secure systems architecture.
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At Upstart, we're united by a mission that matters: to radically reduce the cost and complexity of borrowing for all Americans. Every day, we bring creativity, experimentation, and advanced AI to reshape access to credit, helping millions move forward financially with clarity and confidence.
As the leading AI lending marketplace, we partner with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit through technology that's both radically intelligent and deeply human. Our platform runs over one million predictions per borrower using more than 1,800 signals, powering smarter, fairer decisions for millions of customers. But the numbers only hint at the impact. Every idea, every voice, and every contribution moves us closer to a world where credit never stands between people and their financial progress.
We're proudly digital-first, giving most Upstarters the flexibility to do their best work from wherever they thrive, alongside teammates across 80+ cities in the US and Canada. Digital-first doesn't mean distant. We're intentional about in-person connection through team onsites, planning sessions, and moments that spark creativity and trust. And whether you choose to work primarily from home or collaborate in-person from one of our offices in Columbus, Austin, the Bay Area, or New York City (opening Summer 2026), you'll have the support to work in the way that works best for you.
If you're energized by tackling meaningful problems, excited to innovate with purpose, and motivated by work that truly matters, we'd love to hear from you.
The Team
Upstart's Infrastructure Security team is focused on securing the cloud, compute, platform, and deployment layers that run our products. We believe security should enable fast, safe delivery through strong engineering fundamentals, automation, and secure-by-default patterns. Our team partners closely with platform, infrastructure, and product engineering to reduce risk in areas such as cloud IAM, Kubernetes and container security, network controls, secrets management, infrastructure-as-code, and production vulnerability management.
As a Security Engineer II at Upstart, you will help design, build, and improve security controls that protect our production infrastructure and developer platforms. You will partner with engineers across infrastructure, platform, and product teams to identify risks, review designs, automate preventative controls, and improve the security of the systems our products run on. This role is well suited for an engineer who can independently lead medium-sized projects, troubleshoot moderately complex security problems, and deliver durable improvements that make Upstart's infrastructure more secure by default.
How you'll make an impact
- Design and implement security controls for cloud, platform, and deployment systems, with a focus on secure defaults and durable risk reduction.
- Partner with platform, SRE, and infrastructure teams to review architecture and infrastructure changes, identify security risks, and drive practical remediation plans.
- Build and improve automation for infrastructure security, including controls for cloud IAM, Kubernetes and container environments, secrets handling, and infrastructure-as-code workflows.
- Identify and remediate systemic weaknesses such as misconfigurations, exposed services, weak trust boundaries, and insecure defaults in production environments.
- Support infrastructure vulnerability management by helping prioritize findings, validate fixes, and improve how issues are detected and prevented over time.
- Help assess and improve security controls for AI-assisted developer workflows and GenAI-enabled systems, including agentic tooling, coding assistants, and internal AI integrations that interact with production or sensitive environments.
- Respond to production security issues, investigate root causes using logs, dashboards, and system context, and contribute follow-up improvements that strengthen the platform.
- Contribute to team effectiveness by documenting patterns, participating in design and code reviews, and helping raise the security quality bar across engineering.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience in security engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a related software engineering role.
- Experience securing or operating cloud-native infrastructure in AWS or a similar cloud environment.
- Experience with one or more of the following domains: cloud IAM, Kubernetes/container security, network security, secrets management, or infrastructure vulnerability management.
- Experience writing code or automation in Python, Go, Java, or a similar programming language.
- Experience reviewing system designs, infrastructure changes, or architecture proposals and driving actionable security outcomes.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD tooling such as Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions, or similar technologies.
- Experience investigating and resolving moderately complex production or security issues using logs, metrics, and debugging tools.
- Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly, with an understanding of security considerations such as sensitive data exposure, unsafe automation, access boundaries, or insecure use of generated code and infrastructure changes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building preventative guardrails or automated controls that are adopted by multiple engineering teams.
- Familiarity with production access control patterns for engineers and service identities.
- Experience with Kubernetes, service-to-service trust models, workload identity, or runtime security controls.
- Experience improving cloud posture management, hardening baselines, or drift detection programs.
- Familiarity with security considerations for AI-assisted engineering workflows, including code generation or code review tooling.
- Experience partnering with Risk, Compliance, or Audit teams in a regulated environment.
- Security certifications such as AWS Security Specialty, GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer, CISSP, or equivalent practical expertise.
Position location This role is available in the following locations: Remote
Time zone requirements The team operates on all continental US time zones.
Travel requirements As a digital first company, the majority of your work can be accomplished remotely. The majority of our employees can live and work anywhere in the U.S or Canada (outside of Quebec) but are expected to spend high quality time in-person collaborating via regular onsites and in-person meetings. The onsite cadence varies depending on the team and role; most teams meet once or twice per quarter for 2-4 consecutive days at a time.
What you'll love
At Upstart, our benefits are designed to support your health, financial well-being, family, and personal growth. Here's what you can expect:
- Competitive compensation, including base pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly
- Generous 401(k) plan with Upstart matching $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 per year
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees
- Affordable medical, dental, and vision coverage, with multiple plan options - Upstart covers 90% to 100% of the cost depending on the plans you choose
- Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart for eligible plans
- Income protection benefits, including company-paid Basic Life, AD&D, and Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage, with options to purchase supplemental coverage
- Paid time off, sick and safe time, and company holidays
- Paid family and parental leave to support caregiving and major life moments
- Family-centered benefits through Carrot and Cleo, supporting fertility, parenthood, and caregiving
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering mental health support and life-centered resources
- Financial wellness resources, including access to financial planning tools and a financial concierge service
- Annual wellness allowance to support your physical and emotional well-being and personal development, based on what matters most to you
- Annual productivity allowance to invest in relevant tools and resources you need to do your best work, no matter where you work from
- Connection and community through team events and onsites, all-company updates, and employee resource groups (ERGs)
- Onsite perks, including catered lunches and fully stocked micro-kitchens when working from one of our four offices, located in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City (opening Summer 2026!).
Upstart is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Just as we are dedicated to improving access to affordable credit for all, we are committed to inclusive and fair hiring practices.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please email candidate_accommodations@upstart.com
About Upstart
At Upstart, we're united by a mission that matters: to radically reduce the cost and complexity of borrowing for all Americans. Every day, we bring creativity, experimentation, and advanced AI to reshape access to credit, helping millions move forward financially with clarity and confidence.
As the leading AI lending marketplace, we partner with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit through technology that's both radically intelligent and deeply human. Our platform runs over one million predictions per borrower using more than 1,800 signals, powering smarter, fairer decisions for millions of customers. But the numbers only hint at the impact. Every idea, every voice, and every contribution moves us closer to a world where credit never stands between people and their financial progress.
We're proudly digital-first, giving most Upstarters the flexibility to do their best work from wherever they thrive, alongside teammates across 80+ cities in the US and Canada. Digital-first doesn't mean distant. We're intentional about in-person connection through team onsites, planning sessions, and moments that spark creativity and trust. And whether you choose to work primarily from home or collaborate in-person from one of our offices in Columbus, Austin, the Bay Area, or New York City (opening Summer 2026), you'll have the support to work in the way that works best for you.
If you're energized by tackling meaningful problems, excited to innovate with purpose, and motivated by work that truly matters, we'd love to hear from you.
The Team
Upstart's Infrastructure Security team is focused on securing the cloud, compute, platform, and deployment layers that run our products. We believe security should enable fast, safe delivery through strong engineering fundamentals, automation, and secure-by-default patterns. Our team partners closely with platform, infrastructure, and product engineering to reduce risk in areas such as cloud IAM, Kubernetes and container security, network controls, secrets management, infrastructure-as-code, and production vulnerability management.
As a Security Engineer II at Upstart, you will help design, build, and improve security controls that protect our production infrastructure and developer platforms. You will partner with engineers across infrastructure, platform, and product teams to identify risks, review designs, automate preventative controls, and improve the security of the systems our products run on. This role is well suited for an engineer who can independently lead medium-sized projects, troubleshoot moderately complex security problems, and deliver durable improvements that make Upstart's infrastructure more secure by default.
How you'll make an impact
- Design and implement security controls for cloud, platform, and deployment systems, with a focus on secure defaults and durable risk reduction.
- Partner with platform, SRE, and infrastructure teams to review architecture and infrastructure changes, identify security risks, and drive practical remediation plans.
- Build and improve automation for infrastructure security, including controls for cloud IAM, Kubernetes and container environments, secrets handling, and infrastructure-as-code workflows.
- Identify and remediate systemic weaknesses such as misconfigurations, exposed services, weak trust boundaries, and insecure defaults in production environments.
- Support infrastructure vulnerability management by helping prioritize findings, validate fixes, and improve how issues are detected and prevented over time.
- Help assess and improve security controls for AI-assisted developer workflows and GenAI-enabled systems, including agentic tooling, coding assistants, and internal AI integrations that interact with production or sensitive environments.
- Respond to production security issues, investigate root causes using logs, dashboards, and system context, and contribute follow-up improvements that strengthen the platform.
- Contribute to team effectiveness by documenting patterns, participating in design and code reviews, and helping raise the security quality bar across engineering.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of experience in security engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a related software engineering role.
- Experience securing or operating cloud-native infrastructure in AWS or a similar cloud environment.
- Experience with one or more of the following domains: cloud IAM, Kubernetes/container security, network security, secrets management, or infrastructure vulnerability management.
- Experience writing code or automation in Python, Go, Java, or a similar programming language.
- Experience reviewing system designs, infrastructure changes, or architecture proposals and driving actionable security outcomes.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD tooling such as Terraform, Helm, GitHub Actions, or similar technologies.
- Experience investigating and resolving moderately complex production or security issues using logs, metrics, and debugging tools.
- Experience using AI-assisted engineering tools responsibly, with an understanding of security considerations such as sensitive data exposure, unsafe automation, access boundaries, or insecure use of generated code and infrastructure changes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building preventative guardrails or automated controls that are adopted by multiple engineering teams.
- Familiarity with production access control patterns for engineers and service identities.
- Experience with Kubernetes, service-to-service trust models, workload identity, or runtime security controls.
- Experience improving cloud posture management, hardening baselines, or drift detection programs.
- Familiarity with security considerations for AI-assisted engineering workflows, including code generation or code review tooling.
- Experience partnering with Risk, Compliance, or Audit teams in a regulated environment.
- Security certifications such as AWS Security Specialty, GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer, CISSP, or equivalent practical expertise.
Position location This role is available in the following locations: Remote
Time zone requirements The team operates on all continental US time zones.
Travel requirements As a digital first company, the majority of your work can be accomplished remotely. The majority of our employees can live and work anywhere in the U.S or Canada (outside of Quebec) but are expected to spend high quality time in-person collaborating via regular onsites and in-person meetings. The onsite cadence varies depending on the team and role; most teams meet once or twice per quarter for 2-4 consecutive days at a time.
What you'll love
At Upstart, our benefits are designed to support your health, financial well-being, family, and personal growth. Here's what you can expect:
- Competitive compensation, including base pay, bonus opportunities, and annual equity grants that vest quarterly
- Generous 401(k) plan with Upstart matching $2 for every $1 contributed, up to $15,000 per year
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with discounted stock purchase options for eligible employees
- Affordable medical, dental, and vision coverage, with multiple plan options - Upstart covers 90% to 100% of the cost depending on the plans you choose
- Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart for eligible plans
- Income protection benefits, including company-paid Basic Life, AD&D, and Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage, with options to purchase supplemental coverage
- Paid time off, sick and safe time, and company holidays
- Paid family and parental leave to support caregiving and major life moments
- Family-centered benefits through Carrot and Cleo, supporting fertility, parenthood, and caregiving
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering mental health support and life-centered resources
- Financial wellness resources, including access to financial planning tools and a financial concierge service
- Annual wellness allowance to support your physical and emotional well-being and personal development, based on what matters most to you
- Annual productivity allowance to invest in relevant tools and resources you need to do your best work, no matter where you work from
- Connection and community through team events and onsites, all-company updates, and employee resource groups (ERGs)
- Onsite perks, including catered lunches and fully stocked micro-kitchens when working from one of our four offices, located in the Bay Area, Austin, Columbus, and New York City (opening Summer 2026!).
Upstart is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Just as we are dedicated to improving access to affordable credit for all, we are committed to inclusive and fair hiring practices.
If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please email candidate_accommodations@upstart.com
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as an Infrastructure Security Engineer
Verify your CIP code before applying
Check that your degree's Classification of Instructional Programs code maps to an eligible STEM field on the official STEM OPT designated degree program list. Cybersecurity, computer science, and information assurance CIP codes all qualify, but general IT management degrees sometimes don't.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting offers
Ask your recruiter for the employer's E-Verify company ID or have HR confirm active enrollment status. A company that isn't enrolled in E-Verify cannot legally employ you on STEM OPT, regardless of how enthusiastic they are about hiring you.
Target security teams at E-Verify certified contractors
Federal contractors are legally required to use E-Verify, making defense and government contracting firms a reliable pool of STEM OPT-eligible employers for infrastructure security roles. Search Migrate Mate to filter specifically for companies with verified E-Verify enrollment in this field.
Align your I-983 training plan to infrastructure security competencies
Draft your training plan to map each learning objective to specific technical skills, such as firewall administration, SIEM implementation, or zero-trust architecture. USCIS requires the I-983 to demonstrate a clear connection between your STEM degree and the work you'll perform.
Use OFLC Wage Search to benchmark offers by location
Infrastructure security wages vary significantly by metro area and employer size. Pull the prevailing wage level for your SOC code from OFLC Wage Search before negotiating, so you can identify whether an offer meets the DOL wage floor required for a future H-1B LCA.
File your STEM OPT extension 90 days before OPT expires
USCIS requires your extension application to be filed at least 90 days before your initial OPT end date. Missing this window means a gap in work authorization, which can disqualify you from infrastructure security roles that require continuous employment history for security clearance eligibility.
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Does an Infrastructure Security Engineer role qualify for STEM OPT?
Yes, if your degree is in a STEM-designated field such as computer science, cybersecurity, electrical engineering, or information technology, and the role involves applying that technical knowledge directly. Infrastructure security work covering network defense, vulnerability assessment, and secure architecture design consistently satisfies the USCIS requirement that the job be directly related to your degree's field of study.
What E-Verify requirement applies to my STEM OPT employer?
Every employer who hires you on a STEM OPT extension must be actively enrolled in E-Verify at the specific worksite where you'll work. Enrollment at a parent company doesn't automatically cover subsidiaries. Before signing an offer, ask HR to confirm active E-Verify participation. If the employer isn't enrolled, your DSO cannot recommend the extension, and USCIS will deny it.
How do I write an I-983 training plan for an infrastructure security position?
Your I-983 should connect specific job duties, such as configuring intrusion detection systems or managing endpoint security platforms, back to learning objectives tied to your STEM degree coursework. USCIS reviews the plan to confirm the role isn't purely operational but actively develops your technical competency. Your employer's supervisor signs the plan, and your DSO must evaluate and approve it before USCIS will process your extension.
What happens to my work authorization during H-1B cap-gap if I'm in an infrastructure security role?
If your employer files an H-1B petition before your STEM OPT expires and you're selected in the lottery, cap-gap automatically extends your OPT work authorization through September 30 of that fiscal year. You can continue working in your infrastructure security role without interruption during that period. USCIS issues a cap-gap extension notice, which you should carry alongside your EAD as documentation of continued authorization.
Where can I find Infrastructure Security Engineer jobs that already accept STEM OPT students?
Migrate Mate lists infrastructure security roles at employers verified for E-Verify enrollment, so you're not wasting applications on companies that can't legally hire STEM OPT students. You can filter by role type and work authorization to surface positions where the hiring team already understands OPT timelines and the I-983 training plan requirement.
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