As the Senior Director of Engineering for Developer Platform, you will serve as the executive engineering leader responsible for building and scaling Uber’s modern “software factory.”
Developer Platform is positioned at the foundational core of Uber’s technology stack. You will own the strategy, architecture, and execution across critical developer ecosystems—spanning mobile developer infrastructure, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD), backend testing frameworks, third-party and open-source software governance, and compliance and security review workflows.
Critically, you will spearhead Uber’s ambitious transition to a fully AI-driven Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), pioneering frontier AI engineering tools and developer-agent workflows at unprecedented enterprise scale.
What You’ll Do- Executive Leadership & AI-Driven SDLC Vision: Own the overarching vision, technical roadmap, and execution for Uber’s developer platform. Drive the strategic transformation toward fully AI-assisted software development, deploying cutting-edge AI tooling, code-generation workflows, and automated testing across an 8,000-engineer engineering organization.
- Organizational Leadership & Global Scale: Lead and grow a distributed engineering organization of ~240+ engineers across the US (San Francisco, Seattle), the Netherlands (Amsterdam), and India. Manage a tiered leadership structure of Directors, Engineering Managers, and Principal/Distinguished Engineers.
- Mobile & Specialized Infrastructure: Drive the strategy for specialized developer infrastructure, including dedicated mobile platforms supporting iOS and Android build ecosystems (managing extensive bare-metal hardware clusters such as Mac mini build farms, native toolchains, and continuous release pipelines).
- CI/CD, Testing & Platform Reliability: Oversee the core backend build, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing suites that form the inner loop of Uber engineers' daily workflows, ensuring fast feedback loops, high system reliability, and rapid deployment velocity.
- Engineering Governance, Security & Open Source: Establish robust frameworks for managing third-party open-source dependencies, licensing compliance, and automated architectural/security/legal review tooling across the entire code repository.
- Deep Architectural Acumen (“Forest and the Trees”): Balance high-level strategic executive presence with deep technical curiosity and fluency. Deeply understand system bottlenecks, developer ergonomics, and architectural tradeoffs to guide technical decisions alongside senior technical leaders.
- Industry Representation & Talent Brand: Champion Uber’s developer experience and technical innovations externally through tech conferences, open-source initiatives, and engineering publications to attract world-class platform and developer-tooling talent.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- A minimum of 15 years of professional software engineering experience building and deploying complex, large-scale systems.
- A minimum of 10 years of direct management experience leading software engineering teams, including substantial experience managing managers of managers and executive engineering leadership.
- Developer Tools Industry Expertise: Prior engineering leadership experience within dedicated developer-tooling companies (e.g., GitHub, GitLab, JetBrains, or modern AI dev-tool startups) or leading large-scale internal developer platform organizations (100+ engineers) at hyper-growth tech companies.
- Platform & Tooling Background: Deep domain experience in developer tooling, infrastructure, developer experience (DevEx), build systems, CI/CD pipelines, or distributed platform engineering.
- AI & Next-Gen SDLC Fluency: Demonstrated thought leadership or practical experience integrating LLMs, code intelligence, and AI-driven automation into the developer toolchain and software development workflows.
- Startup Agility & Large-Scale Rigor: A proven background navigating both early-stage startup environments (scrappiness, speed, high-velocity execution) and massive enterprise scale (governance, reliability, cross-functional alignment).
- Mobile & CI/CD Systems Knowledge: Familiarity with the unique constraints of building and releasing mobile applications at scale (iOS/Android toolchains, on-premise hardware clusters) alongside distributed backend microservice architectures.
- Executive Presence & Influence: Strong industry presence, compelling storytelling skills, and a demonstrated ability to rally multi-thousand-person developer organizations around platform migrations and cultural developer shifts.
Ready to Ride?
This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook — it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves — we'd love to hear from you.
You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.
Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 15+ years of professional software engineering experience building and deploying complex, large-scale systems
- 10+ years of direct management experience leading software engineering teams
- Experience managing managers of managers and executive engineering leadership
- Engineering leadership experience in developer-tooling companies or large-scale internal developer platform organizations
- Deep experience in developer tooling, infrastructure, developer experience, build systems, CI/CD pipelines, or distributed platform engineering
- Experience integrating LLMs, code intelligence, or AI-driven automation into developer workflows
- Experience in both startup environments and large-scale enterprise organizations
- Familiarity with large-scale iOS and Android application build and release systems
- Familiarity with on-premise hardware clusters and distributed backend microservice architectures
- Strong executive presence, storytelling, industry representation, and organizational influence
Uber Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Uber and has not been reviewed or approved by Uber.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies provide a minimum of fully paid parental leave for all parents and financial support for fertility, adoption, and surrogacy, with added credits to ease the transition. Programs extend to family medical leave and parenting support resources, indicating depth beyond baseline offerings.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive across many countries, with medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and mental health benefits, plus allowances where direct plans are not available. Wellness programs and reimbursements further reinforce access to care.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Monthly ride and meal credits, free office meals/snacks, fitness stipends, onsite gyms, and wellbeing reimbursements create meaningful everyday value. Home‑office stipends, travel medical coverage, and counseling support round out lifestyle-oriented perks.
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What We Do
We are Uber. The go-getters. The kind of people who are relentless about our mission to help people go anywhere and get anything. Movement is what we do. It’s our lifeblood. It runs through our veins. It’s what gets us out of bed each morning. It pushes us to constantly reimagine how we can move better. For you. For all the places you want to go. For all the things you want to get. For all the ways you want to earn. Across the entire world. In real-time. At the incredible speed of now.
Why Work With Us
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world forward, together.
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