Staff Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in backend software development with distributed systems, infrastructure, or cloud platforms
• Strong expertise in Go, Java, or similar backend languages, with a deep understanding of Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and high-scale systems
• Experience leading cross-team or team-wide projects focused on system modernization, performance optimizations, and deployment safety improvements

Nice to Haves

• Experience designing and implementing highly available, efficient, and secure cloud-native/kubernetes architectures
• Deep understanding of safe deployment strategies, workload automation, and resilience engineering
• Strong experience in scaling autoscaling solutions, ARM adoption, hybrid cloud, or GPU support for ML workloads
• Ability to lead complex, cross-team engineering projects and build strategic relationships with stakeholders across platform, security, and infrastructure teams

What You'll Be Doing

• Design and implement backend infrastructure components to support Uber’s growing workloads, including deployment engines, autoscalers, and hybrid cloud environments
• Lead cross-team projects focused on safe deployment and rollback automation across various workloads
• Improve infrastructure security and compliance with best practices
• Contribute to modernization efforts, Kubernetes migration, unified workload platforms, and PaaS improvements
• Optimize infrastructure efficiency with ARM adoption, autoscaling enhancements, and cost-effective compute allocation
• Mentor other engineers and define technical direction for the team

Perks and Benefits

• Opportunity to work at the forefront of building and scaling mission-critical systems at Uber globally
• Impactful, cross-team backend projects
• Technical direction setting using cutting-edge technologies and scalable engineering practices
• Collaborative and growth-focused work environment
• Real-world impact on reimagining the way the world moves