Senior Manager, Engineering

Uber

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Seattle, WASan Francisco, CA
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3 days ago
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Uber Technologies, Inc. is the world’s largest, San Francisco-based mobile technology platform facilitating on-demand ride-hailing, food delivery (Uber Eats), and freight transportation across approximately 70 countries.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Engineering

Sr Manager, Engineering - Engineer leads a backend engineering team responsible for building and operating the Cadence workflow orchestration engine. This role involves managing engineers and managers while driving technical strategy, architecture, and execution of complex projects from planning through delivery. The successful candidate will improve onboarding, observability, reliability, and operability while collaborating with product partners and the open source community to shape the future of distributed technology. Key requirements include experience building high-throughput, low-latency, multi-tenant backend systems and infrastructure. Candidates must possess expertise in system design and proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Java, or C++. The role focuses on solving technical challenges within a microservice orchestration platform that serves as a backbone for large-scale distributed systems, requiring deep knowledge of storage, provisioning technologies, and the ability to manage complex projects across multiple teams.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in Washington?

Median $270000 from 30 postings across 10 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead and grow an engineering organization responsible for building and operating the Cadence workflow orchestration engine.
  • Drive execution of multiple technical projects from initial strategy and planning through final delivery.
  • Define architecture, technical direction, and engineering best practices in partnership with other engineering leaders.
  • Mentor and develop engineering managers and senior engineers through coaching and career growth support.
  • Contribute to and manage the growth of the open source community and project.
  • Improve system onboarding, observability, reliability, and operability for the Cadence platform.
  • Establish and communicate a long-term technical and organizational strategy for the organization.

What we're looking for

  • BS degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field; Master's or Ph.D. preferred.
  • 10+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including experience managing engineering teams.
  • Experience leading and developing software engineering organizations, including experience managing engineering managers.
  • Strong background building backend infrastructure and distributed systems for highly scalable, high throughput, low latency, multi-tenant systems.
  • Proficiency in multiple programming languages such as Go, Java, or C++.
  • Strong technical leadership skills to guide architectural decisions, establish strategy, and drive consensus among stakeholders.
  • Experience managing complex, multi-team projects and delivering high-quality software.
  • Experience with open source projects, workflow orchestration engines, or building developer platforms (preferred).

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