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About Upgrade
Upgrade is a consumer finance company offering personal loans, credit cards, checking accounts and other credit products, and it says more than 7.5 million customers have used it for over $42 billion in credit since 2017. Its board holds 31 openings, and one is a security role: a Principal DevSecOps Developer in the technology group. That position is remote within Canada.
From its own postings
, CyberJobs.cc shows 1 security opening at Upgrade.
Upgrade security openings
Read 13 Nov 2026, 04:08 UTCComparable openings elsewhere
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- CAD 170,000–230,000/yr
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Working at Upgrade
Based in San Francisco, Upgrade was co-founded by Renaud Laplanche, earlier a co-founder of LendingClub; it is privately held and was most recently valued at $7.3 billion. Its security postings state Stated per posting (from its own postings).
1 security role open at the last read1 open role at Upgrade, confirmed on its careers system 13 Nov 2026.
Salaried principal-level engineering role, remote within Canada.
The DevSecOps role is remote and open within Canada.
Honest catches
- The salary note here is from its own postings rather than read from current postings, so use it as a guide, not as an offer.
Salaries at Upgrade
From its own postings · as of 2026-11-11Recorded salary note, from its own postings, dated 2026-11-11
For this Canadian role Upgrade states CAD 170,000 to 230,000 per year (12 Nov 2026).
1 of its 1 open roles give a salary, not enough to call any figure typical of Upgrade, so the note above stands. By specialty:
| Kind of work | Open roles | Rates stated | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppSec | 1 | No rate stated | None stated |
Specialties Upgrade hires in
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Upgrade: common questions
What salary does Upgrade offer security staff?
Stated per posting. For this Canadian role Upgrade states CAD 170,000 to 230,000 per year (12 Nov 2026).
What sort of company is Upgrade?
Based in San Francisco, Upgrade was co-founded by Renaud Laplanche, earlier a co-founder of LendingClub; it is privately held and was most recently valued at $7.3 billion.
What is it like to work in security at Upgrade?
Its security postings state Stated per posting (from its own postings). As a regulated finance or crypto firm, compliance, fraud-adjacent security and incident response teams stay large.
What kind of employment are Upgrade's security roles?
Salaried principal-level engineering role, remote within Canada.
Where are Upgrade's security jobs based?
The DevSecOps role is remote and open within Canada.
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