Uber
Sr Staff Machine Learning Engineer- Consumer Incentives
$267K–$297K
Sunnyvale, California +3 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, California
San Francisco, California
New York City, New York
Seattle, Washington - Experience
- 12+ years of ML experience.
- Education
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics.
About the job
Sets technical strategy and leads development of scalable machine-learning systems that personalize consumer incentives, measure their incremental impact, and optimize investment.
What you'll do
- Define the long-term ML vision, architecture, and roadmap; lead strategic initiatives across teams.
- Design and guide scalable ML systems and models for personalization, impact measurement, and constrained optimization.
- Lead rigorous evaluation and experimentation, explore emerging AI approaches, and mentor engineers and technical leaders.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics.
- 12+ years of ML experience, including significant work on large-scale deep learning systems.
- Demonstrated ownership of high-impact ML systems such as search, recommendations, personalization, or targeting.
- Proven ability to set technical strategy for a large organization and influence executive-level product roadmaps; strong product intuition connecting model improvements to business outcomes.
Nice to have
- Track record launching multi-year, multi-organization ML initiatives that drove step-change business outcomes.
- Experience championing multi-year technical roadmaps across large engineering organizations and raising standards through mentorship.
Pay
USD $267,000 per year - USD $297,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
deep learning, constrained optimization, reinforcement learning, foundation models, generative AI
AI focus
Develops AI/ML for consumer incentive personalization, impact estimation, and optimization; also evaluates and advances reinforcement learning, foundation models, and generative AI for products.
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