Staff Software Engineer - iOS

Uber

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Work type: On-site
Location: San Francisco, CA · Seattle, WA
Salary: $232,000–$232,000 / yr
Posted: 38 days ago

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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 · Staff Software Engineer - iOS

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As a Staff Mobile Engineer on the Autonomous Mobility & Delivery (AM&D) team at Uber, you will lead the technical strategy for next-generation rider, eater, and merchant experiences in an autonomous world. Your role involves defining mobile architecture across iOS and Android platforms, driving large-scale initiatives from ideation to production, and ensuring cohesive end-to-end customer experiences by collaborating with backend, marketplace, product, design, and operations teams. You will anticipate long-term architectural needs, establish engineering best practices, and mentor senior engineers while elevating technical decision-making standards. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in mobile development, leading cross-team initiatives, and defining scalable architecture for consumer-facing applications. Familiarity with transportation or real-time systems, legacy codebase modernization, and executive-level strategy discussions is a plus.

Skills

iOS Android Swift Kotlin Objective-C RESTful APIs Git CI/CD Docker AWS Firebase Google Cloud Platform PostgreSQL Cassandra GraphQL React Native Flutter Microservices Terraform

What you'll do

Define and drive long-term mobile technical strategy for iOS and Android.
Lead large cross-team initiatives from ideation through production.
Architect scalable, modular mobile systems supporting autonomous use cases.
Anticipate future architectural needs to address scalability challenges.
Establish and promote mobile engineering best practices across teams.
Improve engineering velocity by reducing technical debt and enhancing workflows.

What we're looking for

5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on mobile development.
Proven track record leading cross-team, multi-quarter technical initiatives from concept through production.
Strong expertise in modern mobile architecture patterns, modularization strategies, state management, and performance optimization.
Experience driving metrics-based product development with strong reliability and quality guardrails.
Experience improving engineering standards across teams, including code quality, testing strategy, release processes, and operational excellence.
Deep experience with experimentation frameworks, funnel optimization, and data-informed product iteration.

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