Uber · 17 hours ago
Staff Cloud Engineer, Performance
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$211K/yr - $234K/yr
8+ years expUber is seeking a Staff Cloud Engineer to join its Fleet Engineering organization, providing technical leadership for the design and operation of its cloud platform. The role involves driving performance strategy, building scalable systems, and collaborating with various teams to influence platform architecture.
LogisticsMobile AppsRide SharingSoftwareTransportation
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain production-grade software systems that automate performance testing, regression detection, and decision-making at scale
Develop and evolve representative workloads and benchmarks (compute, storage, network, ML/AI), integrating stress, chaos, and regression testing to validate hardware and platform choices
Lead end-to-end performance analysis and optimization across hardware, firmware, Linux kernel, runtimes, orchestration layers, and distributed services using advanced profiling and observability tools (perf, eBPF, flamegraphs, tracing frameworks)
Build and scale automation and observability tooling (Go/Python/Java, Kubernetes/Docker) integrated with CI/CD pipelines for performance gating, telemetry, alerting, and anomaly detection
Partner with hyperscalers and silicon vendors (CPU, GPU, and accelerator providers) to evaluate emerging instances, kernels, and infrastructure technologies, translating findings into clear roadmap recommendations and investment decisions
Influence infrastructure and platform architecture decisions by identifying systemic bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and opportunities for high-leverage improvements
Drive execution quality by writing and reviewing design documents, setting technical direction and milestones, mentoring engineers, and clearly communicating insights and results to senior stakeholders and leadership
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in software engineering, systems engineering, or performance engineering, with demonstrated ownership of complex, multi-quarter initiatives
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Proficiency in two or more of Go, Python, Java, C/C++, with strong computer science fundamentals and disciplined testing and automation practices
Deep hands-on experience with Linux internals (CPU scheduling, memory management, I/O, networking) and performance tooling (perf, eBPF, flamegraphs, tracing frameworks)
Experience building and operating distributed systems, containerized platforms, and microservices using Docker and Kubernetes
Proven ability to communicate clearly through design documents, postmortems, and technical reviews, and to lead cross-functional technical efforts
Preferred
Experience tuning or operating databases, stream processing, batch, or ML platforms (e.g., Presto, Spark, Kafka, PyTorch, JAX)
Familiarity with distributed tracing and observability systems (OpenTelemetry, Jaeger)
Performance engineering experience across databases, streaming, batch, or ML workloads, including exposure to GPU/xPU or Arm-based systems
Experience building CI/CD performance gates, regression detectors, and large-scale observability pipelines
Large-scale fleet experience, including OS imaging and provisioning, configuration rollout, hardware health monitoring, and data center networking fundamentals
Full-stack bonus: backend systems (e.g., MySQL) and light UI or visualization work (e.g., React, Tableau) for performance reporting and dashboards
Benefits
You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp.
All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan.
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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