Sr Staff Engineer - Core Infrastructure

Uber

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
New York, NY · Seattle, WA · San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA
Salary
$267,000–$267,000 / yr
Posted
19 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $187k
This role $267k
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This role pays more than 94% of similar roles. Most pay $156,000–$218,975 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $267k versus about $187k for comparable roles.

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About Uber

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.

Uber currently has 95 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $232,000–$232,000 across 76 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Sr Staff Engineer - Core Infrastructure

As a Senior Staff Engineer (L6) at Uber’s Core Infrastructure Platform in New York, Seattle, San Francisco, or Sunnyvale, you will lead the technical strategy and evolution of an ecosystem handling 1M+ concurrent trips and massive-scale ML workloads. Your day-to-day responsibilities include architecting strategic efficiency through ARM adoption, scaling GPU pools for Generative AI, modernizing the data plane towards industry standards like Kubernetes and Envoy, enforcing foundations and reliability with standardized safe-deployment practices, integrating AI-driven automation to enhance developer productivity, and mentoring Staff+ Engineers while influencing cross-organizational engineering standards. The role requires expertise in Go, Java, or C++, deep systems knowledge of Kubernetes and container runtimes, proficiency in cloud-native networking, and experience optimizing software for ARM architecture and specialized AI hardware.

What you'll do

  • Own the technical vision to drive fleet-wide CPU utilization and cost optimization through ARM adoption.
  • Define architecture for shared GPU pools to support massive AI and ML workloads.
  • Modernize networking stack by converging towards Kubernetes, Envoy, and CNI standards.
  • Lead initiative to ensure every service follows standardized safe-deployment practices.
  • Integrate AI-driven automation to reduce developer alert fatigue and enhance productivity.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to turn infrastructure into a competitive advantage.
  • Mentor Staff+ Engineers and influence company-wide engineering standards.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years of experience in massive-scale distributed systems or infrastructure.
  • Proven track record managing infrastructure supporting millions of concurrent users.
  • Deep expertise in Kubernetes internals and cloud-native networking technologies.
  • Expert-level proficiency in Go, Java, or C++ programming languages.
  • Demonstrated leadership in large technical initiatives and cross-functional influence.
  • Experience optimizing software for ARM architecture and specialized AI hardware.
  • Significant contributions to major open-source infrastructure projects.

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