Jobs at Upwork
Upwork is the global platform that connects freelancers with businesses, but it also maintains a dedicated tech talent pool. Known for its flexible remote model and data‑driven hiring, Upwork attracts companies looking to scale quickly without a traditional office footprint.
Current openings span software engineering, product management, UX/UI design, data science, and DevOps. Candidates can expect project‑based contracts, hourly or fixed‑price work, and a performance review system that rewards high ratings and repeat clients.
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Employee Relations Specialist
Company: Upwork
Location: Remote
Posted Aug 09, 2023
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. These values revolve around trust, risk-taking, customer focus, and excellence. These include FLSA, EEO/AA, State Labor Code, ADA, Workers' Compensation regulations, CRD, EEOC, FMLA and CFRA. These include comprehensive medical insurance coverage for both you and your family, unlimited paid time off, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. To explore these benefits in detail, as well as gain insights into our company values, working principles, and the overall employee experience, we invite you to visit our Life at Upwork page.Upwork is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We foster an environment where individuals are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, nurturing personal and professional growth through development opportunities, mentorship programs, and participation in Upwork Belonging Communities.We take pride in providing exceptional benefits to our employees. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salary for this position in California and Washington, and individual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Come change how the world works.At Upwork, you'll shape talent solutions for how the world works today. Conflict Resolution and Mediation: Facilitate conflict resolution processes between employees, supervisors, and departments. li-remote1 To learn more about how Upwork processes and protects your personal information as part of the application process, please review our Global Job Applicant Privacy Notice
Enterprise Account Executive
Company: Upwork
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Aug 08, 2023
These values revolve around trust, risk-taking, customer focus, and excellence. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.To learn more about how Upwork processes and protects your personal information as part of the application process, please review our Global Job Applicant Privacy Notice These include comprehensive medical insurance coverage for both you and your family, unlimited paid time off, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. To explore these benefits in detail, as well as gain insights into our company values, working principles, and the overall employee experience, we invite you to visit our Life at Upwork page.Check out our Careers page to learn more about the employee experience.Upwork is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We foster an environment where individuals are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, nurturing personal and professional growth through development opportunities, mentorship programs, and participation in Upwork Belonging Communities.We take pride in providing exceptional benefits to our employees. Come change how the world works.At Upwork, you'll shape talent solutions for how the world works today. Partner with customer success, solutions and business development teams to drive sales results. Additionally, this position is eligible for the annual bonus plan or sales incentive plan and eligibility to participate in our long term equity incentive program. Our overarching mission is to create economic opportunities so that people have better lives. While we have physical offices in San Francisco and Chicago, currently we also hire full-time employees in 19 states in the United States.At the core of our vibrant culture are shared values that form the foundation of our organization.
Principal Product Designer - Search & Discovery
Company: Upwork
Location: Remote
Posted Aug 08, 2023
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We foster amazing teams, put our community first, and have a bias toward action. And oh yeah, we've also got amazing benefits - including medical insurance for you and your family, unlimited PTO, 401(k) with matching, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and a generous Employee Stock Purchase Plan. We encourage everyone to bring their whole selves to work and grow together through development opportunities, mentorship, and employee resource groups. You have a portfolio of work that shows excellent visual design skills, UX thinking, craft, and design leadership. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salary for this position in California and Washington, and individual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. You thrive in a collaborative environment, you gather and integrate feedback, influence stakeholders and create energy for ideas or initiative. Come change how the world works.At Upwork, you'll shape talent solutions for how the world works today. Further strengthen our design team through mentorship, design critiques and knowledge sharing. Check out our Careers page to learn more about the employee experience.
Senior Analyst, Payments Product Analytics
Company: Upwork
Location: Remote
Posted Aug 04, 2023
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. These values revolve around trust, risk-taking, customer focus, and excellence. Previous experience in a fintech, marketplace, or ecommerce business. These include comprehensive medical insurance coverage for both you and your family, unlimited paid time off, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. To explore these benefits in detail, as well as gain insights into our company values, working principles, and the overall employee experience, we invite you to visit our Life at Upwork page .Upwork is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salary for this position in California and Washington, and individual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We foster an environment where individuals are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, nurturing personal and professional growth through development opportunities, mentorship programs, and participation in Upwork Belonging Communities.We take pride in providing exceptional benefits to our employees. Experience with experimentation (A/B testing, causal inference). Strong SQL skills. Come change how the world works.At Upwork, you'll shape talent solutions for how the world works today.
Marketplace Account Manager
Company: Upwork
Location: Chicago, IL
Posted Aug 08, 2023
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. These values revolve around trust, risk-taking, customer focus, and excellence. These include comprehensive medical insurance coverage for both you and your family, unlimited paid time off, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. To explore these benefits in detail, as well as gain insights into our company values, working principles, and the overall employee experience, we invite you to visit our Life at Upwork page.Upwork is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We foster an environment where individuals are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, nurturing personal and professional growth through development opportunities, mentorship programs, and participation in Upwork Belonging Communities.We take pride in providing exceptional benefits to our employees. LI-ME1 To learn more about how Upwork processes and protects your personal information as part of the application process, please review our Global Job Applicant Privacy Notice The amount displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salary for this position in California and Washington, and individual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Come change how the world works.At Upwork, you'll shape talent solutions for how the world works today. While we have physical offices in San Francisco and Chicago, currently we also support hiring of corporate full-time employees in 19 states in the United States. Our overarching mission is to create economic opportunities so that people have better lives.
Principal Product Designer - Generative AI
Company: Upwork
Location: Remote
Posted Aug 08, 2023
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. These values revolve around trust, risk-taking, customer focus, and excellence. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics... To learn more about how Upwork processes and protects your personal information as part of the application process, please review our Global Job Applicant Privacy Notice Examples: AR/VR, Alexa, AI, Interfaceless Design, wearables, Google Spotlight, etc. These include comprehensive medical insurance coverage for both you and your family, unlimited paid time off, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. To explore these benefits in detail, as well as gain insights into our company values, working principles, and the overall employee experience, we invite you to visit our Life at Upwork page .Upwork is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salary for this position in California and Washington, and individual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We foster an environment where individuals are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, nurturing personal and professional growth through development opportunities, mentorship programs, and participation in Upwork Belonging Communities.We take pride in providing exceptional benefits to our employees. Come change how the world works.At Upwork, you'll shape talent solutions for how the world works today. You gather and integrate feedback, influence stakeholders and create energy for ideas or initiative.
Chief of Staff to the Enterprise GM
Company: Upwork
Location: Remote
Posted Aug 06, 2023
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. These values revolve around trust, risk-taking, customer focus, and excellence. These include comprehensive medical insurance coverage for both you and your family, unlimited paid time off, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. To explore these benefits in detail, as well as gain insights into our company values, working principles, and the overall employee experience, we invite you to visit our Life at Upwork page .Upwork is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. Track record of cross-functional leadership & comfort partnering with Finance, Legal, HR, Marketing, Product, Engineering etc. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salary for this position in California and Washington, and individual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We foster an environment where individuals are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, nurturing personal and professional growth through development opportunities, mentorship programs, and participation in Upwork Belonging Communities.We take pride in providing exceptional benefits to our employees. Come change how the world works.At Upwork, you'll shape talent solutions for how the world works today. To learn more about how Upwork processes and protects your personal information as part of the application process, please review our Global Job Applicant Privacy Notice What it takes to catch our eye: Past experience in a similar role in B2B Enterprise organizations 7+ years of experience in Enterprise consulting, Sales Leadership, or Business Operations Experience in structuring and executing complex analyses to support strategy in a fast-paced, continually evolving environment.
Principal Product Manager, Client Growth
Company: Upwork
Location: Remote
Posted Aug 03, 2023
Upwork is a remote-first organization that offers exciting remote work opportunities for a global community of professionals. They are looking for a Principal Product Manager with a strong focus on Retention to join their team and help drive their mission forward. The role involves working closely with engineering, design, data, and business teams to develop and execute a retention-focused product roadmap. The annual base salary for this position ranges from $172,000 - $284,000.
USC Customer Service
Company: Upwork
Location: Remote
Posted Aug 09, 2023
LI-DNITo learn more about how Upwork processes and protects your personal information as part of the application process, please review our Global Job Applicant Privacy Notice Thank you for your interest in the Upwork- USC Customer Service evaluation.
Sr. Manager Operations and Automation Engineering
Company: Upwork
Location: Remote
Posted Aug 04, 2023
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. These values revolve around trust, risk-taking, customer focus, and excellence. You have proven experience with Python, Ruby, Perl, or Bash, Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS), IaC, CaC tools, AWS, Azure and GCP. These include comprehensive medical insurance coverage for both you and your family, unlimited paid time off, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. To explore these benefits in detail, as well as gain insights into our company values, working principles, and the overall employee experience, we invite you to visit our Life at Upwork page .Upwork is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salary for this position in California and Washington, and individual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. We foster an environment where individuals are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, nurturing personal and professional growth through development opportunities, mentorship programs, and participation in Upwork Belonging Communities.We take pride in providing exceptional benefits to our employees. What it takes to catch our eye: You are a domain expert on Kubernetes and CI/CD Pipelines using tools such as GitHub, Artifactory, Jenkins, Docker registry, etc. Come change how the world works.At Upwork, you'll shape talent solutions for how the world works today. To learn more about how Upwork processes and protects your personal information as part of the application process, please review our Global Job Applicant Privacy Notice
Senior Manager, Payments Accounting
Company: Upwork
Location: Remote
Posted Aug 04, 2023
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. These values revolve around trust, risk-taking, customer focus, and excellence. These include comprehensive medical insurance coverage for both you and your family, unlimited paid time off, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. To explore these benefits in detail, as well as gain insights into our company values, working principles, and the overall employee experience, we invite you to visit our Life at Upwork page .Upwork is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We foster an environment where individuals are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, nurturing personal and professional growth through development opportunities, mentorship programs, and participation in Upwork Belonging Communities.We take pride in providing exceptional benefits to our employees. LI-Remote To learn more about how Upwork processes and protects your personal information as part of the application process, please review our Global Job Applicant Privacy Notice The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salary for this position in California and Washington, and individual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Come change how the world works.At Upwork, you'll shape talent solutions for how the world works today. While we have physical offices in San Francisco and Chicago, currently we also support hiring of corporate full-time employees in 19 states in the United States. Additionally, this position is eligible for the annual bonus plan or sales incentive plan and eligibility to participate in our long term equity incentive program.
Director, FP&A Sales, Marketing and R&D
Company: Upwork
Location: Remote
Posted Aug 09, 2023
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. These values revolve around trust, risk-taking, customer focus, and excellence. These include comprehensive medical insurance coverage for both you and your family, unlimited paid time off, a 401(k) plan with matching contributions, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. To explore these benefits in detail, as well as gain insights into our company values, working principles, and the overall employee experience, we invite you to visit our Life at Upwork page .Upwork is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We foster an environment where individuals are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, nurturing personal and professional growth through development opportunities, mentorship programs, and participation in Upwork Belonging Communities.We take pride in providing exceptional benefits to our employees. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salary for this position in California and Washington, and individual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. LI-RemoteTo learn more about how Upwork processes and protects your personal information as part of the application process, please review our Global Job Applicant Privacy Notice Advanced analytical and quantitative abilities Understanding of cost drivers; including global hiring, compensation, benefits, vendor expenses and etc Modeling, reporting and presentation skills (Excel and G-suite) Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure, thrive in a fast-paced environment and stay flexible through growth and change. Come change how the world works.At Upwork, you'll shape talent solutions for how the world works today. While we have physical offices in San Francisco and Chicago, currently we also support hiring of corporate full-time employees in 19 states in the United States.