Sr Staff Software Engineer - Grocery Fulfillment & Payments

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

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity

401(k) plan

Benefits

Job summary

Uber’s Grocery Fulfillment team seeks a Senior Staff Engineer to guide multi‑disciplinary engineering efforts and shape the technical strategy for fast-growing grocery fulfillment platforms. You will work with product, data science, and platform teams to deliver scalable solutions that power near-term and long-term business impact.

The role emphasizes leadership, hands‑on execution, and deep distributed-systems expertise, with strong communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proven track record of excellence at Sr. Staff level or higher at a leading tech company.
• Hands-on experience with large-scale distributed systems in production.
• Bias for action and ability to deliver impact in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, or Go.
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership mentoring backend and mobile engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of engineers in grocery fulfillment capabilities.
• Shape and drive scalable, reliable, high-performance architecture while controlling costs.
• Collaborate with product teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Build relationships across Uber's platform teams and co-create high-impact solutions.
• Leverage technical depth to inform decisions and raise engineering craft.

Skills

Distributed systems

Leadership

Communication

Programming languages: C/C++/Java/Pyth

Education

BS in Computer Science

Job description

About The Role

Grocery is Uber's newest and fastest growing business line, delighting customers with next-hour delivery of household essentials from their favorite local stores. The Grocery Fulfillment org is focused on building best-in-class technology and products to support consumers and shoppers in fulfilling grocery orders - from the moment an order is placed, until it is successfully delivered to consumers. The org works with key platform teams across Uber to build tailored fulfillment capabilities for Grocery and Retail.

About The Role

Grocery is Uber's newest and fastest growing business line, delighting customers with next-hour delivery of household essentials from their favorite local stores. The Grocery Fulfillment org is focused on building best-in-class technology and products to support consumers and shoppers in fulfilling grocery orders - from the moment an order is placed, until it is successfully delivered to consumers. The org works with key platform teams across Uber to build tailored fulfillment capabilities for Grocery and Retail. The Grocery Fulfillment team is looking for a Senior Staff Engineer to help lead the team's ambitious and fast-paced technical strategy. This is an important and visible role with a potential for significant impact on the fast growing grocery business. The IC lead will work across multiple Grocery Fulfillment initiatives, and collaborate with engineering, product and data science leads to help build platforms and products that power the grocery business. For an IC lead with technical depth, hands-on execution muscle and strong business sense, this will be an excellent opportunity to learn, succeed and grow at Uber.

What The Candidate Will Do

• Lead and inspire a team of engineers working on grocery fulfillment capabilities
• Strategize and drive our fulfillment architecture focusing on scalability, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency
• Work closely with product teams to understand business requirements and translate them into robust technical solutions
• Build relationships and influence across key platform teams at Uber, and partner in building high impact solutions
• Lean on technical experience to facilitate technical decision making and raise the bar on the team's engineering craft

Basic Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer Science with over 10 years of industry experience
• A proven track record of excellence at the Sr. Staff Engineer level or higher within a leading technology company
• In-depth, hands-on experience with large-scale distributed systems in a production environment.
• Bias for action, and thriving in a fast-paced engineering culture to solve business problems and compound impact
• Proficiency in programming languages like (C, C++, Java, Python, or Go)
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Demonstrated leadership in mentoring a team of backend and mobile engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• Domain expertise in logistics, fulfillment or payments areas

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $267,000 per year - USD $297,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $267,000 per year - USD $297,000 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.

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.

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.

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