Uber
Senior Software Engineer, Capacity & Efficiency Engineering (CEE) - Planning
$202K–$224K
San Francisco, California +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, California
Seattle, Washington
Sunnyvale, California - Experience
- 6+ years of professional experience in backend software engineering, data engineering, or a related technical role.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and lead systems that forecast infrastructure demand, create capacity and spend plans, and ensure those plans are accurate, reliable, and adopted across Uber.
What you'll do
- Design and build forecasting models, planning pipelines, and services for capacity and spend plans.
- Lead cross-team planning projects from inception through rollout and operations, aligning Engineering, Finance, and infrastructure partners.
- Own production reliability for planning systems, including on-call, incident response, root-cause fixes, monitoring, and data-quality checks.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of professional experience in backend software engineering, data engineering, or a related technical role.
- Expertise coding in one or more languages such as Go, Java, or Python; advanced proficiency in SQL, data modeling, and data warehousing.
- Experience leading cross-team engineering projects through inception, stakeholder engagement, implementation, and operations.
- Track record owning production reliability, including incident response, on-call rotations, and root-cause fixes.
Nice to have
- Experience with forecasting, optimization, or statistical modeling and production systems for financial decisions.
- Experience with capacity planning, resource quotas or scheduling, cloud cost management, or cost showback or chargeback systems.
Pay
USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Go, Java, Python, SQL, Spark, Hive, Flink
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