Sr Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

Sr Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

Uber

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Job Type: Full-Time

Function: Engineering Software

Industry: Transportation

Company Address: 1455 3rd St, San Francisco, California 94158, US

About Uber

We are Uber. The go-getters. The kind of people who are relentless about our mission to help people go anywhere and get anything and earn their way.

Job Description

The Identity Organization is the foundational gateway to Uber's global ecosystem. We manage the core digital presence of millions of riders, drivers, earners, and merchants across the globe. Our mission is to deliver a seamless, secure, and "invisible" identity experience across every Uber product, partner, and acquisition.

Operating with a global footprint of 120+ engineers, we tackle challenges at a scale few companies ever reach. As a Sr. Staff Engineer, you will serve as the technical conscience of our identity architecture. You'll ensure our entire stack—from mobile SDKs to high-throughput backend services—is resilient, modular, and ready for the next decade of growth.

Your Impact

• Long-Range Architectural Stewardship: You don't just plan for the next sprint; you architect for the next era. You'll anticipate shifts in the identity landscape—such as Passkeys, Decentralized Identity, and Zero Trust—ensuring Uber can pivot without massive rewrites.
• The "Force Multiplier" Effect: You elevate the entire 120+ person organization. By defining GenAI-driven fraud detection patterns and pioneering "Identity-as-Code," you will reduce complexity and accelerate developer velocity across all of Uber Engineering.
• Cross-Domain Influence: You are the primary bridge between Engineering, Product, and Legal. You'll translate complex global regulations (GDPR, DMA, etc.) into elegant technical solutions that protect users without compromising their experience.
• Operational Excellence at 1B+ Scale: You set the gold standard for reliability. You will oversee systems handling hundreds of thousands of requests per second, ensuring five-nines availability for Uber's most critical path.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Experience: 12+ years of full-time Software Engineering experience.
• Education: BS or equivalent in Computer Science or a related field.
• Distributed Systems: A proven track record of designing, building, and migrating large-scale backend platforms to hundreds of millions of users.
• Customer-Facing Platforms: Experience scaling SaaS or consumer platforms to a global user base.

Preferred Expertise

• Hyper-Scale: Experience managing systems supporting millions of users
• System Integration: Expertise in connecting complex systems between large-scale, tech-driven enterprises.
• Organizational Leadership: Proven ability to lead high-stakes projects that span across massive, multi-disciplinary organizations.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$267,000 per year - USD$297,000 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link.

Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.