The posting
About the role and team
Leading at Uber means setting direction in motion, not waiting for perfect conditions. As a Senior Engineering Manager (L6), whether you are leading a "team of teams" focused on hyper-personalizing the Uber Eats feed through cutting-edge ML, or overseeing the distributed compute platforms and payment systems that support millions of global earners, you are building for real-world impact at massive scale.
This role requires a leader who can navigate high-stakes ambiguity and make hard calls under pressure. You’ll be responsible for setting long-term technical vision while managing the weight of decisions that affect global reliability and business outcomes. You won't just follow a playbook; you will help write it by building high-performing teams in an environment where the pace is relentless and the stakes are high. If you lead with clarity, build with heart, and thrive in the "messy" reality of doing big things—this is where you’ll make your mark.
What you’ll do
- Lead and grow a high-performing engineering organization of managers and staff-level ICs, fostering a culture of technical excellence, operational rigor, and continuous learning.
- Define and execute the strategic roadmap for your domain, ensuring technical investments align with high-impact use cases and long-term business objectives.
- Drive architectural decisions for large-scale distributed systems, challenging your teams to design robust, scalable solutions for batch compute, ML orchestration, or global payments.
- Partner deeply across disciplines—including Product, Data Science, Design, and Finance—to identify opportunities, prioritize initiatives, and deliver seamless platform integrations.
- Assume complete accountability for the reliability, cost-efficiency, and performance of your systems, establishing metrics that drive measurable impact.
- Navigate a diverse set of opinions among global stakeholders, synthesizing different perspectives to drive decisions effectively and unblock execution.
Basic Qualifications
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in engineering management and 4+ years as a manager of managers.
- Proven track record of setting direction for an organization, constructing visions that unify multiple engineering teams and align with primary customer needs.
- Demonstrated ability to drive high productivity and a bias to action across direct teams while proactively unblocking dependencies across the larger organization.
- Experience coaching managers on crafting team visions and translating high-level strategy into actionable roadmaps and successful outcomes.
- Expertise in managing organizational performance, making the hard calls when necessary, and building a reliable bench of the next generation of leaders.
- Ability to drive a culture of high accountability for technical decisions, encouraging calculated risks and bets to balance long-term productivity with short-term needs.
- Education: Master’s degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD in a technical field with a research or applied focus on large-scale ML systems, distributed computing, or related paradigms.
- Domain expertise in Payments, AdTech, or Autonomous Systems, with an understanding of global and regional nuances.
- Deep understanding of product experimentation, including the statistical mechanics and analysis needed to challenge experimental results.
- Strong storytelling and communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas to C-level executives and non-technical audiences.
- A "Driver" mindset: You are biased toward action, a master disambiguator, and stay resilient through constant change.
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 Sunnyvale, CA-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.
Ready to Ride?
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.
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