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Uber · 3 months ago

Sr Staff Software Engineer - Backend - Cadence

positionSeattle, WA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$257K/yr - $286K/yr
date10+ years exp

Uber is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to work on Cadence, an open source microservice orchestration platform. The role involves leading a backend team, contributing to the open source project, and shaping standards for both the Cadence team and its community.

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Responsibilities

Contribute to an open source project used by many major companies
Write code to build new features to support more use cases
Develop and review design documents
Improve onboarding, observability and operability experiences for Cadence
Define standards for the processes used internally and externally

Qualification

Distributed systemsProgramming languagesOpen source leadershipInfrastructure experienceCoding skillsDesign documentationTechnical consensusRequirements gatheringInterpersonal skillsCommunication skillsTeam leadership

Required

Experience in team and technology leadership
Solid background in multiple programming languages, e.g. Go, Java or C++
Strong infrastructure experience. Experience in distributed systems and a good understanding of its fundamentals
Great interpersonal skills, deep technical ability, and a portfolio of successful execution. You are open-minded to discuss various technical approaches and able to drive consensus across various stakeholders at Uber
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to gather requirements and draft detailed design documents
BS degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field. Masters/Ph.D. preferred
10+ years of relevant software engineering experience

Preferred

Experience with leading an open source project
Experience with Durable Functions, SWF or Temporal
Excellent coding skills with a high bar for quality and scalability
Familiarity with technologies like Kafka, OpenSearch, Cassandra, gRPC, protobuf, Prometheus

Benefits

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program
May be offered an equity award & other types of comp
You will also be eligible for various benefits

Company

Uber

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Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
dateFounded in 2009
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
http://www.uber.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$35.56B
Key Investors
William AckmanPayPalToyota Motor
2025-09-08Post Ipo Debt· $2.25B
2025-05-13Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2025-01-01Post Ipo Equity· $2.3B

Leadership Team

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Dara Khosrowshahi
CEO
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Prashanth Mahendra -Rajah
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