Uber · 1 day ago
Staff Software Engineer, (Backend) Uber AI Solutions
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$223K/yr - $248K/yr
8+ years expUber is a leading technology company focused on creating flexible earning opportunities, and they are expanding through Uber AI Solutions, a fast-growing team. The Staff Software Engineer will provide technical direction and lead platform architecture, building scalable systems that integrate human input with machine learning to produce high-quality datasets for AI applications.
LogisticsMobile AppsRide SharingSoftwareTransportation
Responsibilities
Architect and evolve core systems that span multiple teams, ensuring scalability, performance, and long-term maintainability of critical platform services
Provide technical leadership across teams, driving alignment on design patterns, service interfaces, and shared infrastructure investments
Mentor and develop senior engineers, elevating technical depth, decision-making, and design rigor across the broader group
Champion the adoption of AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices to improve code quality, reliability, and delivery speed across teams
Influence hiring and talent development, helping shape team composition and maintaining a high engineering bar across multiple teams
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's (or Master's) degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
Expert in at least one major backend or infrastructure technology (languages, frameworks, distributed systems, data pipelines) and comfortable influencing architecture across teams
Strong record of mentoring and developing engineers, setting technical standards, and driving impact beyond a single team
Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to engage with multiple teams, stakeholders, and articulate vision and trade-offs
Experience participating in hiring and helping build out engineering teams or capability
Preferred
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with substantial experience designing, building, and operating large-scale systems across multiple teams
Deep understanding of ML Ops ecosystems, LLM or ML model lifecycle management, and large-scale data processing frameworks (e.g., Kubeflow, Airflow, Ray, Spark)
Proven experience architecting systems for data labeling, translation, or human-in-the-loop workflows supporting high-volume ML applications
Strong familiarity with GenAI, Physical AI and LLM infrastructure model hosting, fine-tuning, evaluation, and integration into production services
Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives applying AI/ML to complex business or operational domains (e.g., logistics, physical AI, robotics)
Benefits
Eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program
May be offered an equity award & other types of comp
Eligible for various benefits
Company
Uber
Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$35.56BKey Investors
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2025-09-08Post Ipo Debt· $2.25B
2025-05-13Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2025-01-01Post Ipo Equity· $2.3B
Leadership Team
Dara Khosrowshahi
CEO
Prashanth Mahendra -Rajah
Chief Financial Officer
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