Staff ML Engineer: Global-Scale Foundation Models

Uber; Sunnyvale (CA); Presencial; USD 232.000 - 258.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Bonus program

Equity award

401(k) plan

Benefits

Descripción de la vacante

Uber is hiring a Staff ML Engineer (IC6) in Sunnyvale, CA to define and lead the foundation model strategy powering discovery experiences across Mobility and Delivery. You will shape technical direction and deliver measurable impact at global scale.

In this role you will own end-to-end architecture for foundation models, drive decisions across product surfaces, and mentor engineers while leading multi-team initiatives spanning Retrieval, Ranking, Personalization, and LLM-powered assistants.

Formación

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics.
• 8+ years of ML experience with large-scale deep learning systems.
• Ownership of high-impact ML systems in search, recommendations, or conversational AI.
• Deep expertise in transformers, retrieval, ranking, and embeddings.
• Strong PyTorch experience and distributed training.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction across teams.
• Strong product intuition linking models to business outcomes.

Responsabilidades

• Own end-to-end technical strategy for foundation models across Search, Recommendations, and Conversational AI.
• Drive architecture decisions across multiple product surfaces (Eats, Grocery, Retail, Mobility).
• Lead cross-team initiatives spanning Retrieval, Ranking, Personalization, and LLM-powered assistants.
• Define long-term investment areas (build vs fine-tune vs partner models).
• Mentor senior engineers and act as a technical multiplier across the org.

Conocimientos

ML experience

Foundation models

Transformers

Retrieval systems

Ranking

Embeddings

PyTorch

Distributed training

Cross-team influence

Product intuition

Educación

Masters degree or Ph.D in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics

Descripción del empleo

Uber is hiring a Staff ML Engineer (IC6) in Sunnyvale, CA to define and lead the foundation model strategy powering discovery experiences across Mobility and Delivery. You will shape technical direction and deliver measurable impact at global scale.

In this role you will own end-to-end architecture for foundation models, drive decisions across product surfaces, and mentor engineers while leading multi-team initiatives spanning Retrieval, Ranking, Personalization, and LLM-powered assistants.