Sr Staff Software Engineer - Compute Platform
About The Position
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Staff Engineer to lead the technical strategy and execution for our Compute Platform team, with a focus on Kubernetes orchestration and cloud-native infrastructure. This individual will be responsible for designing, scaling, and evolving the systems that power our mission-critical applications, enabling developers across the company to build, deploy, and operate services with speed, reliability, and security. As a senior technical leader, you will define architectural direction, guide large-scale initiatives, and mentor engineers while collaborating across product and infrastructure organizations.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including expertise in distributed systems or infrastructure engineering.
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes internals, container runtimes, and cloud-native compute platforms.
- Strong background in containerization, resource scheduling, and cluster management at scale.
- Hands-on experience with performance tuning, reliability engineering, and cost optimization in compute environments.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills, with a track record of building and mentoring high-performing teams.
- Strong coding proficiency in one or more languages such as Go, Java, or Python.
- Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional technical initiatives and deliver impactful results.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud compute environments.
- Contributions to open-source Kubernetes or CNCF projects.
- Familiarity with modern stateful data infra and ML platforms running on top of compute infrastructure.
- Knowledge of emerging compute paradigms such as serverless, GPU scheduling, or federated orchestration.
- Prior experience working in fast-paced, large-scale environments with mission-critical workloads.
- Experience mentoring engineers at staff+ level.
Responsibilities
- Own the technical vision, architecture, and strategy for the global compute platform org.
- Define and execute the roadmap for our compute platform, focusing on scalability, performance, and efficiency.
- Drive architectural decisions and set technical direction for compute scheduling, resource allocation, and container orchestration systems.
- Ensure high availability and reliability of the compute platform through best-in-class observability, automation, and incident response practices.
- Drive adoption of best practices in scalability, availability, and security for multi-tenant compute environments.
- Evaluate emerging technologies in cloud-native ecosystems and guide their integration into the platform.
- Partner with product and infrastructure teams to deliver high-impact, cross-organizational initiatives.
- Mentor and coach engineers, helping grow their technical depth and leadership skills.
- Influence company-wide engineering standards and practices.
Benefits
- You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp.
- You will also be eligible for various benefits.
- More details can be found at the following link [https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits](https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Industry
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
