About the role and team
Leading at Uber means setting direction in motion, not waiting for perfect conditions. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a technical anchor for the foundational systems that move the world - from building the next generation of orchestration platforms to architecting the stacks that power our global applications. Our mission is to make transportation as reliable as running water, and we need technical powerhouses to build the dependable, high-performance foundation that supports that vision.
This is a role for a proven, large-scale systems thinker who thrives in high-stakes environments. You will navigate the "messy" reality of complex infrastructures spanning global data centers and multiple cloud providers, supporting a diverse variety of workloads. You’ll need to make smart decisions with imperfect information and own the outcomes of global architectural choices. If you lead with clarity, build with heart, and are motivated by the challenge of peak efficiency at unparalleled scale - this is where you’ll make your mark.
What you’ll do
- Design and build end-to-end systems for orchestration, monitoring, or frameworks that stand the test of massive global scale and high availability.
- Provide deep technical mentorship across the stack, ensuring architecture and implementations are robust, extensible, and secure.
- Build innovative solutions that leverage statistical analysis to diagnose performance regressions and optimize resource utilization across complex infrastructures.
- Create best-in-class tools and frameworks that increase the velocity and quality of hundreds of internal engineering teams.
- Lead and mentor engineers, reviewing code and designs while fostering a culture of continuous learning and humility.
- Work cross-functionally with Product, Data Science, and Operations across the globe to drive large-scale projects and align technical investments with business value.
Basic Qualifications
- 10+ years of professional experience building scalable, fault-tolerant products or platforms, with a track record of solving strategically important problems.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Go, C/C++, Java, Python, or JavaScript) and the ability to define organization-wide standards.
- Proven experience leading large-scale engineering projects through the entire lifecycle from inception to global productionization.
- Expertise in making complex engineering/business tradeoffs, managing the implications of "buy vs. build" or "incremental vs. rewrite" decisions.
- Experience identifying architectural gaps and acting as a multiplier to reduce technical debt across the organization.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) with a focus on distributed computing, system performance, or machine learning.
- Hands-on experience with Linux internals, container orchestration, or modern security architectural patterns.
- Experience contributing to open-source projects or leading industry-level technical discussions.
- Ability to anticipate future business needs and develop extensible, modular designs that meet long-term scalability targets.
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
- 10+ years of professional experience building scalable, fault-tolerant products or platforms
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages, such as Go, C, C++, Java, Python, or JavaScript
- Experience defining organization-wide engineering standards
- Experience leading large-scale engineering projects through inception to global production
- Expertise making complex engineering and business tradeoffs
- Experience evaluating buy-versus-build and incremental-versus-rewrite decisions
- Experience identifying architectural gaps and reducing technical debt
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience
- Advanced degree focused on distributed computing, system performance, or machine learning
- Hands-on experience with Linux internals, container orchestration, or modern security architectural patterns
- Experience contributing to open-source projects or leading industry-level technical discussions
- Ability to anticipate future business needs and develop extensible, modular designs
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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