Sr Staff Engineer, Backend - Core Services

About the Role

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you are the Global Technical Anchor for systems powering every Uber trip and transaction. You define the multi-year vision for the backend ecosystem, acting as a peer to Directors and VPs to ground Uber's most ambitious business goals in technical reality.

What You'll Do

• Technical Strategy: Define the North Star multi-year roadmap and lead high-stakes buy vs. build evaluations on the Architecture Review Board.
• Execution & Excellence: Directly tackle high-risk challenges, driving a company-wide shift toward Zero-Trust and Always-On architectures.
• Mentorship & Influence: Act as a leader of leaders by mentoring Staff Engineers and serving as a strategic advisor to VP/CTO level leadership.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience: 12+ years of experience delivering massive-scale distributed systems.
• Technical Depth: Expert-level understanding of distributed ...