About the Team
The Streaming Platform team builds and operates the infrastructure that enables real-time media streaming at Uber, supporting strategic company-wide initiatives, such as Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) and multimedia AI agents.
We own the general-purpose streaming platform for internal teams and external partners, designed to support diverse use cases and adapt to their evolving needs. Our work spans evaluating streaming technologies, improving reliability across unpredictable client networks, and integrating external partners’ systems with Uber.
About the Role
What the Candidate Will Do
- Develop and maintain backend infrastructure for real-time streaming use cases at Uber.
- Advance the streaming infrastructure’s global scale while balancing the performance and reliability of the system.
- Develop automated evaluation framework for streaming protocols and platforms against application requirements and operational needs.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to integrate their systems and deliver new platform capabilities.
- Diagnose and resolve connectivity issues, performance regressions, service incidents across clients and backend services.
- Elevate the team’s engineering quality by taking part in design and code reviews and participating in the team’s on-call rotation.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in software development, including networking and distributed systems.
- Proficiency in a backend programming language such as Go, Java, or a comparable language.
- Familiar with networking protocols such as HTTP, TCP/IP, and UDP.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent experience.
- A background in autonomous vehicles (AV), with hands-on experience in developing, testing, or optimizing AV systems or related technologies.
- Advanced understanding of cloud systems, including experience with cloud service providers like Cloudflare, AWS, or Google Cloud, and how to leverage them for L3/L4 to L7 networking solutions.
- In-depth knowledge of advanced networking concepts, including security (TLS/SSL/DDoS), WebSockets, reverse proxies, and QUIC.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.
For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.
For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.
For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.
About UsReady 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, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
- 5+ years of experience in software development, including networking and distributed systems
- Proficiency in a backend programming language such as Go, Java, or a comparable language
- Familiarity with networking protocols such as HTTP, TCP/IP, and UDP
- Master's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent experience
- Background in autonomous vehicles, including hands-on experience developing, testing, or optimizing AV systems or related technologies
- Advanced understanding of cloud systems and experience with Cloudflare, AWS, or Google Cloud for L3/L4 to L7 networking solutions
- In-depth knowledge of advanced networking concepts, including TLS/SSL, DDoS, WebSockets, reverse proxies, and QUIC
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.
Uber Insights
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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