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You will engage with stakeholders across the company to spearhead backend solutions supporting every trip, delivery, and infrastructure tool used at Uber.\nWe are building a \"cloud-native by default\" ecosystem that is secure, reliable, and hyperscale-efficient. In this role, you will own the technical roadmap for critical sub-systems, ensuring our infrastructure is prepared to handle 1M+ concurrent trips alongside the massive compute demands of Generative AI and Autonomous Vehicle data.\nAbout the Team\nThe Core Infrastructure Platform team builds the next generation of Uber’s orchestration, foundation, and networking layers. 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Lead projects from ideation to global execution to fill those gaps (e.g., migrating to standardized CNI/Envoy or implementing shared GPU pools).\n\nDrive Efficiency at Scale: Design and implement solutions to increase fleet-wide CPU utilization (targeting 40%+) and accelerate ARM adoption to aggressively optimize Uber’s unit costs.\n\nModernize for Multi-Cloud: Direct the technical strategy for our \"Thrive in Cloud\" initiative, ensuring our foundations are resilient, active-active across providers, and capable of rapid regional failover.\n\nIntegrate AIOps & Automation: Drive the development of \"Agentic\" infrastructure tools (e.g., Project Eve for network quality) to automate 80% of alert triaging and incident response.\n\nChampion \"Security by Design\": Ensure 100% service-to-service authorization and zero-trust networking are baked into the core fabric of our container and networking platforms.\n\nDrive Cross-Functional Impact: Collaborate heavily with Storage, Data, and Product teams to ensure the infrastructure can support 300x larger ranking models and L4 Autonomous Vehicle data ingestion.\n\nMentor & Scale Talent: Act as a force multiplier by mentoring 5A and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of \"100% Done-Done\" and operational excellence across the organization.\n\nBasic Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).\n\n8+ years of full-time Software Engineering work experience (inclusive of PhD research or equivalent specialized education).\n\nSystems Languages: Deep, hands-on proficiency in Go, Java, or C++.\n\nDistributed Systems Mastery: Demonstrated experience designing, building, and productionizing large-scale, high-availability infrastructure services.\n\nExecution Excellence: A proven track record of leading complex, multi-quarter technical initiatives from initial design through fleet-wide rollout.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nCloud-Native Depth: Deep knowledge of Kubernetes internals, container runtimes (CRI), and modern networking (CNI/Envoy).\n\nInfrastructure Strategy: Prior experience with hybrid-cloud or multi-cloud migrations and cost-optimization at a massive scale.\n\nLinux & Kernel Knowledge: Strong understanding of operating systems, Linux kernel performance tuning, and/or eBPF.\n\nAI/ML Infrastructure: Experience building or managing compute platforms specifically tailored for GPU scheduling and large-scale model training.\n\nCommunity Influence: Active contributions to open-source infrastructure projects or a history of presenting at major technical conferences.\n\n For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 per year.\nFor Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 per year.\nFor 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. 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