Staff Software Engineer

Uber; United States; On-site; USD 232,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

equity awards

401(k)

Job summary

Uber Eats is seeking a Staff Engineer to technically lead a team building essential systems enabling local businesses to integrate with Uber Eats. You will co-own the engineering and architectural strategy with the EM and collaborate with Product, Design, Analytics, Operations, and ML to drive scalable, reliable merchant experiences.

Lead the team toward long-term platform scalability while delivering rapid merchant features.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in CS or equivalent, 8+ years of professional engineering background.
• Strong leadership and technical expertise; ability to lead a platform team with deep domain knowledge.
• Experience with high-scale backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable and extensible systems and solutions.
• Collaborate with Product/Design/Analytics/Operations/ML to deliver the roadmap and maintain a stable platform.
• Oversee prioritization and delivery of architectural improvements to maximize value and impact.
• Ensure operational excellence across support, on-call, deployments, and incident management.
• Champion and implement engineering best practices across the team.

Skills

Leadership

System design

Backend systems

8+ years experience

Education

Bachelor’s in CS or equivalent

Job description

About the Team

The Merchant Selection Team enables SMBs and Enterprises to onboard and be successful on the Uber Eats marketplace. We build systems that power outbound sales, sign up & onboarding flows and guide merchants towards early lifecycle success.

About the Role

In this role as a Staff Engineer, you will be responsible for technically leading a team that constructs the essential systems enabling local businesses to integrate with Uber Eats efficiently and realize immediate value. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners in Product, Design, Analytics, Operations, and ML to co-own the engineering strategy along with the EM, and own the architectural strategy. Shepherd the team towards prioritizing both the long-term scalability and reliability of the platform alongside rapid enhancements focused on the merchant experience.

What You’ll do:

• Design and architect systems and solutions that solve the business problems in a scalable and extensible way
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Analytics and GTM teams to build and execute the roadmap, ensuring a stable, scalable platform while maintaining rapid delivery of merchant features.
• Oversee the prioritization and delivery of capabilities and architectural improvements to maximize user value and business impact.
• Ensure operational excellence across all areas, including support, on-call, deployments, and incident management.
• Champion and implement engineering best practices across the team

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in CS or equivalent with 8+ years of professional engineering background.
• Strong leadership skills and technical expertise; ability to lead a platform team with deep domain knowledge and solve technical challenges through system design and problem-solving
• Experience with high-scale, backend systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across different functions and with diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in maintaining reliability and extensibility to critical tier1 services.
• Unwavering commitment to maintaining high standards for personal contributions, team members, and product outcomes.
• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience.

Ready to Ride?

This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook — it's where you help write one.

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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For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 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.