About the Role
We are hiring a Staff Engineer who will act as a strong technical lead with deep infrastructure expertise. This individual should have experience building and scaling robust infrastructure systems at top-tier companies and must have a proven track record of leading multiple teams or projects. You will work on 1M+ QPS systems, deeply collaborate with cross-functional partners, shape our long-term infrastructure strategy, and drive high-impact initiatives that will directly impact millions of earners.
What You Will Do:
- Identify infrastructure gaps and scalability challenges, lead design and execution of complex, multi-quarter infrastructure projects with direct business impact.
- Deeply collaborate with partner teams in the marketplace org to build joint infrastructure that benefits the whole Marketplace.
- Work with cross-functional partners such as Science, Product, and Ops teams to align on long-term infrastructure to achieve business goals.
- Drive engineering excellence efforts and foster a strong engineering culture.
- Mentor and lead senior engineers, and grow technical leadership within the marketplace org.
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Basic Qualifications:
- Computer Science or related technical degree
- 8+ years of industry experience.
- Strong background in top-tier tech companies known for world-class infrastructure and can bring the best industry practices to the team.
- Strong expertise in large-scale, real-time distributed systems, databases, reliability engineering, and platform design.
- Strong project management skills, experience working with cross-functional partners, and leading multiple large projects from inception to delivery.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong coding ability in Go and Java.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master degree +
- Willingness to take on leadership roles and grow into broader technical leadership.
- Strong product sense and has worked on optimization and algorithmic problem space before
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$223,000 per year - USD$248,000 per year.
For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$223,000 per year - USD$248,000 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. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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.
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