Uber · 18 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer - Backend / AI
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$232K/yr - $258K/yrUber is a leading technology company that focuses on enhancing customer experience through innovative solutions. They are seeking a passionate software engineer to lead the development of scalable chatbots that utilize generative AI technologies, impacting the support experience for millions of customers.
LogisticsMobile AppsRide SharingSoftwareTransportation
Responsibilities
Creating scalable, reliable, manageable chatbots that deliver on conversational requirements at Uber
Owning customer facing chatbots that impact the support experience of millions of customers
Leading the NLP based chatbot to GenAI based chatbot migrations as well as augmenting the existing GenAI chatbots with new features and capabilities
Identifying required changes across Uber's engineering ecosystem, collaborating with engineering teams, driving consensus, implementing extensible, maintainable changes required to build state-of-the-art support experiences
Qualification
Required
Bachelors Degree, or above, in Comp Science or related field
Scalable system architecture design with deep expertise in building generative AI systems
Production-quality services, deployment, monitoring, and reliability
Microservice designs, gRPC or REST API development
Ability to decompose complex business problems into clean, extensible, performant services and systems
Logging, monitoring, performance troubleshooting and tuning experience
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a collaborative team environment
Comfortable in navigating multi-disciplinary teams with respect
Focus on code quality in terms of coverage, code reviews
Excellent technical writing skills to communicate design, requirements, flows, architecture
Fluent in one of these programming languages: Golang, Scala, Java
Comfortable in one of these scripting languages: Javascript, python
Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, and software design principles
Experience with version control systems such as Git
Preferred
Experience with building conversational assistants
Dialog management systems like Google Dialogflow, Amazon Alexa
Familiarity with large scale distributed systems like Kafka and cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure
Familiarity with communication channel interfaces eg: WhatsApp, SMS, slack
Benefits
Eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program
May be offered an equity award
Eligible for various benefits
Company
Uber
Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
Founded in 2009
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
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2025-01-01Post Ipo Equity· $2.3B
Leadership Team
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CEO
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Chief Financial Officer
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