Senior Staff Backend Architect for High-Scale Platforms

Uber; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 267,000 - 297,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity award

401(k) plan

In-office collaboration

Job summary

Uber is seeking a Senior Staff Backend Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to help shape core platform infrastructure across products including UberX, Eats, and more.

You'll design high-scale, distributed systems, define architectural standards, and lead cross-team initiatives to deliver reliable, zero-downtime services. Strong experience in Go/Java/C++ or Python is preferred, with a focus on performance and availability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years building high-throughput backend services and distributed systems.
• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• Experience with caching, event-driven patterns, database optimization, and high availability.

Responsibilities

• Shape multi-year technical roadmap and architectural vision for Core Services.
• Design robust, highly available backend solutions for efficiency and reliability.
• Set architectural guidelines and uplift engineering talent across the org.
• End-to-end platform systems from design to zero-downtime rollouts across teams.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend engineering

High concurrency

Go

Java

C++

Python

Education

Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Kafka

gRPC/REST

Cloud/Orchestration

Job description

Uber is seeking a Senior Staff Backend Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to help shape core platform infrastructure across products including UberX, Eats, and more.

You'll design high-scale, distributed systems, define architectural standards, and lead cross-team initiatives to deliver reliable, zero-downtime services. Strong experience in Go/Java/C++ or Python is preferred, with a focus on performance and availability.