Technical Leadership: Lead organization-wide development and adoption of key frameworks while role-modeling coding best practices and high-quality design reviews.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with Product, Science, and Ops to translate ambiguous business requirements into production-ready technical roadmaps.
Mentorship & Culture: Mentor and guide other engineers, acting as a technical brand ambassador and raising the bar for engineering excellence across the organization.
Basic Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you should demonstrate hands-on experience across the following core layers of full-stack ML and backend systems:
6+ years of experience building developing ML models to solve business problem.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields.
Familiar with modern AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Tensorflow).
Hands-on experience developing foundational models or Large Language Models (LLMs) for user facing applications, marketplace systems, recommendation engines, ad-tech platforms, or e-commerce/shopping infrastructures at scale.
Solid understanding of core machine learning algorithms, their applications, and the underlying systems/infrastructures required to train and serve them.
Proven track record in MLOps and ML Infrastructure (e.g., container orchestration via Kubernetes, data pipeline design, distributed workflow systems, and large-scale job scheduling).
Preferred Qualifications
Proven track record of owning distributed backend systems end-to-end in production environments with high availability requirements.
Strong fluency in system trade-offs between consistency, availability, latency, and operational cost.
Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.
For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.
For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.
For all US locations, 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.
