Staff Engineer • Senior

Who you are

You have 7+ years of backend engineering experience building and operating large-scale, distributed systems in a production environment — you've owned services from design through deployment and have navigated the complexities of debugging intricate systems. Your strong proficiency in designing APIs, data models, and workflows emphasizes scalability, reliability, and maintainability, ensuring that the systems you build can handle the demands of a growing user base.

You possess a proven track record of technical leadership, including driving architecture decisions and mentoring senior engineers — your ability to influence across teams fosters a collaborative environment where innovative solutions can thrive. You are comfortable working closely with product, frontend, and feature teams to translate complex business needs into scalable technical solutions, ensuring that the advertiser experience is seamless and efficient.

What you'll do

In this role, you will lead the design and evolution of core backend systems that power the advertiser experience across all ads products and formats — your expertise will shape the foundational architecture and set the technical direction across multiple teams. You will define and drive platform architecture, APIs, and shared services used by various ads feature teams, ensuring that they are robust and scalable.

You will provide technical leadership through design reviews and mentorship, setting engineering best practices across the organization — your guidance will help elevate the technical capabilities of your peers and contribute to a culture of excellence. Owning system reliability and operational excellence will be a key part of your responsibilities, focusing on performance, scalability, and long-term maintainability of the systems you oversee.

What we offer

Uber offers a dynamic work environment where you can make a significant impact on the next generation of ads products at scale. You will have the opportunity to work with a talented team of engineers and collaborate with various stakeholders to drive innovation. The company values a culture of collaboration and encourages you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement. Competitive compensation and benefits are part of the package, along with opportunities for professional growth and development.