The posting
Job Description
About the Role
Cadence is a modern open source microservice orchestration platform developed at Uber and adopted by many leading companies. It serves as the backbone for thousands of Cadence domains at Uber, powering billions of executions each month. With a rapidly growing open source community, Cadence offers the opportunity to make an impact not just at the company level but across the industry.
We are seeking an Sr Engineering Manage with experience building and leading highly scalable, high throughput, low latency, multi tenant backend systems. Beyond technical expertise, we are looking for someone passionate about building strong engineering teams, driving technical excellence, and fostering an open source community. In this role, you will lead a backend engineering team, mentor and grow engineers, shape technical strategy, and collaborate with engineers, product partners, and the broader Cadence community to deliver cutting edge distributed technology.
To get more information about Cadence you check our website (https://cadenceworkflow.io/), LinkedIn page (https://www.linkedin.com/company/cadenceworkflow).
What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points
What the Candidate Will Do:
- Lead and grow an engineering organization responsible for building and operating Cadence workflow orchestration engine.
- Drive execution of multiple technical projects and initiatives from strategy and planning through delivery
- Partner with engineering leaders to define architecture, technical direction, and engineering best practices
- Develop engineering managers and senior engineers through coaching, mentorship, and career growth support
- Contribute to an open source project used by many major companies
- Improve onboarding, observability, reliability, and operability experiences for Cadence
- Collaborate with the open source community, understand user needs, and help shape the future of Cadence
- Define and improve engineering processes used internally and across the community
- Build strong partnerships across engineering, product, and other organizations to drive alignment and execution
- Establish and communicate a long term technical and organizational strategy for Cadence
Basic Qualifications:
- Experience leading and developing software engineering organizations, including experience managing engineering managers
- Strong background building backend infrastructure and distributed systems
- Experience with highly scalable, high throughput, low latency, multi tenant systems
- Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals and system design
- Experience working with multiple programming languages, e.g. Go, Java, or C++
- Strong technical leadership skills with the ability to guide architectural decisions, establish technical strategy, and drive consensus across stakeholders
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers, product partners, and technical leaders
- Experience managing complex, multi-team projects and delivering high quality software
- BS degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field. Masters/Ph.D. preferred
- 10+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including experience managing engineering teams
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading teams/organizations working on distributed systems or large scale infrastructure
- Experience managing engineering managers and developing engineering leaders
- Experience contributing to or leading an open source project
- Experience with workflow orchestration engines
- Strong technical background with a high bar for quality, scalability, and reliability
- Deep knowledge of modern observability, storage, provisioning technologies
- Experience building developer platforms or infrastructure used by other engineering teams
At Uber, we reimagine the way the world moves for the better. The idea was born on a snowy night in Paris in 2008, and ever since then, our DNA of reimagination and reinvention carries on. We've grown into a global platform moving people and things in ever-expanding ways, taking on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters make movement happen at the push of a button for everyone, everywhere.
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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.
Responsibilities
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $267,000 per year - USD $297,000 per year.
For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $267,000 per year - USD $297,000 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.
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This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook — it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves — we'd love to hear from you.
You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.
Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.
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.
