Sr Staff Engineer, Backend - Core Services

About the Role

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you are the Global Technical Anchor for systems powering every Uber trip and transaction. You define the multi-year vision for the backend ecosystem, acting as a peer to Directors and VPs to ground Uber’s most ambitious business goals in technical reality.

What You’ll Do

• Technical Strategy: Define the "North Star" multi-year roadmap and lead high-stakes "buy vs. build" evaluations on the Architecture Review Board.
• Execution & Excellence: Directly tackle high-risk challenges, driving a company-wide shift toward "Zero-Trust" and "Always-On" architectures.
• Mentorship & Influence: Act as a "leader of leaders" by mentoring Staff Engineers and serving as a strategic advisor to VP/CTO level leadership.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience: 12+ years of experience delivering massive-scale distributed systems.
• Technical Depth: Expert-level understanding of distributed theory (CAP theorem, Paxos/Raft) and technical transformations.
• Education: BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Open Source: Significant contributions to major open-source infrastructure or distributed systems projects.
• Domain Expertise: Deep vertical expertise in FinTech or Security at a global "Big Tech" scale.
• Architectural Migration: Experience migrating monolithic architectures to modular or cell-based paradigms.

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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.

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