Uber
Sr Staff Engineer - Engineer
$267K–$297K
Sunnyvale, California · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- Either a PhD or equivalent plus 4 years of full-time Software Engineering experience, or 7 years of full-time Software Engineering experience. Also requires 4 years of technical software engineering experience in a programming language; specialized experience may include education, training, coursework, or research and need not be additional to the other years. Requires 3+ years of relevant marketplace or logistics platform experience.
- Education
- PhD or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field; alternatively, the posting allows 7 years of full-time Software Engineering experience.
About the job
Leads the strategy and technical evolution of Uber’s shared fleet platform, enabling mobility, delivery, and autonomous fleets to onboard and operate across its marketplaces.
What you'll do
- Set architecture and multi-year roadmap for fleet foundations, and drive adoption of unified fleet and earner models across platform teams.
- Lead fleet operator integrations, partner self-service, and safe migration of existing systems while maintaining backward compatibility.
- Align teams on platform strategy and provide technical direction, mentoring, and design leadership.
What they ask for
- Deep hands-on experience building and operating distributed backend systems at scale.
- 3+ years modelling vehicles, fleets, operators, couriers, or other physical-world supply as first-class entities in a large-scale marketplace or logistics platform, plus experience evolving domain models under live production traffic or owning capabilities across multiple marketplaces or lines of business.
- Experience owning multi-year cross-organizational platform programs and influencing technical direction across teams.
- Experience designing and owning external APIs and partner-facing integration platforms for third-party operators.
Nice to have
- Experience with autonomous vehicle, connected-vehicle, or EV ecosystems; delivery, logistics, or last-mile fulfillment; or pricing, fares, commission, or billing systems.
- Experience working with external partners, enterprise customers, or regulated counterparties.
Pay
USD $267,000 per year - USD $297,000 per year (base salary; Sunnyvale, CA-based roles)
Tools
C, C++, Java, Python, Go
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