Uber · 3 days ago
Staff Engineer - Uber Marketplace
Sunnyvale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$223K/yr - $248K/yr
8+ years expUber is seeking an exceptional Staff Engineer to lead the technical infrastructure powering its Marketplace systems that serve millions of drivers and riders globally. The role involves architecting and scaling real-time infrastructure to enhance marketplace efficiency and reliability, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to build a unified infrastructure for marketplace optimization.
LogisticsMobile AppsRide SharingSoftwareTransportation
Responsibilities
Lead the design and execution of multi-quarter initiatives to enhance marketplace efficiency, reliability, and developer velocity
Architect real-time optimization systems that balance supply/demand across global markets
Drive technical strategy for marketplace platform infrastructure, including ML model serving, experimentation frameworks, and real-time decision engines
Partner with Marketplace, Data Science, and Product teams to build a unified infrastructure supporting earner algorithms and marketplace optimization
Collaborate with ML Engineering teams to scale model inference and real-time feature serving for marketplace decisions
Partner with Platform Engineering teams to ensure 99.99% availability for critical marketplace systems
Mentor senior engineers and grow technical leadership capability across the marketplace organization
Establish engineering standards, team processes, architectural patterns, and operational excellence practices
Drive innovation in distributed systems design, focusing on low-latency, high-throughput marketplace infrastructure
Qualification
Required
Computer Science degree or equivalent technical education
8+ years of industry experience with demonstrated exceptional technical leadership
Proven track record of extraordinary impact: Led real-time infrastructure serving 100M+ users, or 1M+ QPS, achieved 10x+ performance improvements, and drove breakthrough technical innovations
Background at leading technology companies known for world-class infrastructure (Meta, Amazon, Databricks, TikTok, Google, Netflix, Airbnb, or similar scale)
Expert-level experience with large-scale distributed systems, handling millions of QPS
Proficiency in real-time streaming and batch processing (e.g., Kafka, Flink, Spark) and low-latency data systems
Advanced knowledge of database technologies (e.g., MySQL, Hive, Redis) and caching strategies
Experience with microservices architecture, api design, service mesh, and observability at scale
Exceptional coding skills in Go and Java, with experience in high-performance system design
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, drive complex, multi-quarter technical initiatives from conception to delivery
Experience managing technical relationships across multiple engineering teams and organizations
Proven track record of driving engineering culture and mentoring senior engineers
Preferred
Background in optimization, platformization (e.g., experimentation platforms), or ML infrastructure
Experience managing people and open to pursuing the management track in the future
Open-source contributions or technical thought leadership in distributed systems
Experience with cloud infrastructure (e.g., OCI) and infrastructure-as-code
Track record of operational excellence: incident management, SLA optimization, and system reliability
Benefits
Eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program
May be offered an equity award & other types of comp
Various benefits
Company
Uber
Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$35.56BKey Investors
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2025-09-08Post Ipo Debt· $2.25B
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2025-01-01Post Ipo Equity· $2.3B
Leadership Team
Dara Khosrowshahi
CEO
Prashanth Mahendra -Rajah
Chief Financial Officer
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