Sr Software Engineer - Developer Platform

Uber; New York (NY); On-site; USD 202,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity

401(k)

Benefits

Job summary

Uber is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Code Lifecycle team within the Developer Platform organization. You will own and evolve code hosting, code review, and code search platforms that feed Uber’s Go monorepo, ensuring a constantly green main branch.

You will build Go-based tooling for the workflow, drive end-to-end projects, and set standards for testing, monitoring, and incident response. You will measure developer experience and impact, collaborating with thousands of

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Go and building distributed systems at scale.
• Track record of delivering well-tested, production-ready code with high standards for quality, monitoring, and operational readiness.
• Experience owning projects through the full lifecycle — scoping, design, stakeholder alignment, delivery, and production support.
• Demonstrated ability to make sound technical decisions under ambiguity, balancing engineering rigor with business priorities.
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to a healthy engineering culture through code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Uber's code hosting, code review, and code search platforms — ensuring system stability and a consistently green main branch across our largest monorepo.
• Design, build, and maintain Go-based tooling for the code review workflow, including the SubmitQueue, automated review checks, and custom integrations.
• Drive projects end-to-end — from problem framing and stakeholder alignment through implementation, production rollout, and ongoing operations — making pragmatic build-vs-buy and rewrite-vs-incremental tradeoffs.
• Define and enforce testing, monitoring, and alerting standards; track key metrics (land time, throughput, build reliability) and lead incident response and remediation.
• Measure and improve developer experience through quantitative metrics, continuously refining workflows and tooling for thousands of engineers across the company.

Skills

Go language

Distributed systems

Code reviews

Mentoring engineers

Communication

Tools

Bazel

CI/CD

Code review platforms

Monorepo tooling

Job description

About The Role And Team

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Sr Software Engineer to join our Code Lifecycle team within the Developer Platform organization. We own the infrastructure behind code hosting, code search, and the SubmitQueue — the system that merges thousands of diffs daily into Uber's Go monorepo while keeping main green. What you build here is felt by every engineer at Uber.

What You’ll Do

• Own and evolve Uber's code hosting, code review, and code search platforms — ensuring system stability and a consistently green main branch across our largest monorepo.
• Design, build, and maintain Go-based tooling for the code review workflow, including the SubmitQueue, automated review checks, and custom integrations.
• Drive projects end-to-end — from problem framing and stakeholder alignment through implementation, production rollout, and ongoing operations — making pragmatic build-vs-buy and rewrite-vs-incremental tradeoffs.
• Define and enforce testing, monitoring, and alerting standards; track key metrics (land time, throughput, build reliability) and lead incident response and remediation.
• Measure and improve developer experience through quantitative metrics, continuously refining workflows and tooling for thousands of engineers across the company.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Go and building distributed systems at scale
• Track record of delivering well-tested, production-ready code with high standards for quality, monitoring, and operational readiness
• Experience owning projects through the full lifecycle — scoping, design, stakeholder alignment, delivery, and production support
• Demonstrated ability to make sound technical decisions under ambiguity, balancing engineering rigor with business priorities
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to a healthy engineering culture through code reviews, documentation, and knowledge sharing
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with build systems (Bazel, Buck, Gradle), CI/CD pipelines, code review platforms, or Monorepo infrastructure — with a focus on improving developer productivity and reducing friction in large-scale monorepo environments
• Comfortable with production on-call responsibilities, including triaging high-urgency issues under pressure, driving incident resolution, and following through with root-cause analysis and preventive fixes
• Experience defining and tracking engineering KPIs — such as build times, land times, or developer throughput — to measure system health and drive measurable improvements to developer experience

For New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.

For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.

You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.

Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.

Ready to Ride?

This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook — it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves — we'd love to hear from you.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.