Senior Real-Time Streaming Platform Engineer

Uber; United States; Hybrid; USD 202,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity

401(k) plan

Benefits

Job summary

Uber is seeking an experienced backend engineer to develop and maintain the real-time streaming infrastructure used across autonomous vehicle initiatives and multimedia AI agents. You will work on a platform that serves internal teams and external partners, focusing on reliability, performance, and scale.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including external partners, and help shape the streaming stack through design reviews and hands-on engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience in software development, including networking and distributed systems.
• Proficiency in a backend language such as Go or Java, or comparable language.
• Familiar with HTTP, TCP/IP, and UDP networking protocols.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

5+ years experience

Go/Java backend

Networking protocols

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/EE or related

Master's Degree (preferred)

Tools

Cloud services (AWS/GCP/Cloudflare)

Job description

Uber is seeking an experienced backend engineer to develop and maintain the real-time streaming infrastructure used across autonomous vehicle initiatives and multimedia AI agents. You will work on a platform that serves internal teams and external partners, focusing on reliability, performance, and scale.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including external partners, and help shape the streaming stack through design reviews and hands-on engineering.