Senior Real-Time Streaming Backend Engineer

Uber Technologies Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 202,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity award

401(k) plan

Benefits

Job summary

Uber Technologies Inc. in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop and maintain backend infrastructure for real-time streaming used across autonomous vehicle initiatives and multimedia AI agents.

You will scale streaming platforms globally, improve reliability on variable networks, and collaborate with internal teams and partners to deliver new platform capabilities. Candidates should have 5+ years in software development and strong backend expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field and 5+ years of software development experience.
• Proficiency with Go or Java and backend systems.
• Familiarity with HTTP, TCP/IP, UDP networking protocols.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend infrastructure for real-time streaming use cases.
• Scale the streaming platform globally balancing performance and reliability.
• Create automated evaluation frameworks for streaming protocols and platforms.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to integrate systems and deliver new capabilities.
• Diagnose and fix connectivity issues, performance regressions, and incidents across services.
• Contribute to design and code reviews and participate in on-call rotation.

Skills

Distributed systems

Go

Java

Networking

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Uber Technologies Inc. in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop and maintain backend infrastructure for real-time streaming used across autonomous vehicle initiatives and multimedia AI agents.

You will scale streaming platforms globally, improve reliability on variable networks, and collaborate with internal teams and partners to deliver new platform capabilities. Candidates should have 5+ years in software development and strong backend expertise.