Uber
Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Uber AI Solutions
$232K–$258K
San Francisco, California +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, California
Sunnyvale, California - Experience
- 5+ years of professional experience; no alternative stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
About the job
Build and lead end-to-end machine learning and backend products for AI data and evaluation, owning customer outcomes and business metrics.
What you'll do
- Build and operate ML and backend systems that become customer-facing products.
- Own a product vertical from identifying opportunities and setting direction through delivery and business results.
- Partner with customers, product managers, and engineers to grow accounts and raise execution quality.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
- 5+ years designing, building, and operating production ML systems, including backend engineering from data to serving.
- Track record of owning a product or product line and driving business impact, such as revenue, adoption, or customer value.
- Fluency in Python and a production systems language such as Go, Java, or C++, and ability to build and operate reliable services.
Nice to have
- Master's or PhD in a related discipline.
- Experience growing a product or business line in a startup-like environment; applied ML in data or evaluation domains; production GenAI/LLM systems; or expertise in UAIS domains.
Pay
USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 per year (base salary; San Francisco, CA); USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 per year (base salary; Sunnyvale, CA)
Tools
Python, Go, Java, C++, GenAI, LLM, ASR, LiDAR
AI focus
Develop ML systems and data/evaluation infrastructure across modalities; preferred work includes production GenAI/LLM systems, model evaluation and tuning, ASR, agentic evaluation, and physical-world or multimodal data.
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