Uber · 5 hours ago
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Capacity Engineering
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$202K/yr - $224K/yr
15+ years expUber is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Sr. Staff Software Engineer to join their Capacity & Efficiency Engineering organization. This role involves defining and owning the vision for capacity management, building analytical tools, and driving efficiency across Uber's engineering organization.
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Responsibilities
Serve as the technical authority for strategic capacity planning and resource allocation. You will work across Uber to forecast future needs, proactively identify organizational capacity gaps, and establish technical guardrails to ensure resource efficiency within our budget
Architect, design, and lead the development of essential, high-scale Engineering infrastructure. This platform will provide organization-wide visibility and actionability into engineering spend, enabling data-driven optimization
Provide technical leadership in designing and building highly available, scalable, and resilient products and core platforms that serve our customers and optimize internal systems. Your architectural decisions will define the future state of our most critical infrastructure
Drive collaboration with peer Sr Staff engineers and engineering teams to champion best practices for system health, robustness, and refactoring. You will mentor senior engineers, setting the bar for code quality, resilience, and longevity across systems
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
15+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on capacity engineering, data engineering, and full-stack development
Deep data engineering experience
Proven experience in designing and implementing large-scale, distributed systems
Expertise in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., Python, Java, Go, Node.js)
In-depth knowledge of database systems (SQL and NoSQL) and data warehousing concepts
Experience with front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js) and back-end frameworks
Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor engineering teams
Preferred
Experience with stream processing technologies (e.g., Kafka, Flink)
Familiarity with machine learning/AI and their application in data engineering
Contributions to open-source projects
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
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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