About the Role
As a Senior Staff Engineer for Delivery (Grocery & Retail), you are a cornerstone of Uber's first development center in LATAM. You influence business and technology decisions across multiple projects to provide a best-in-class experience for earners, brands, and customers.
What You’ll Do
- Technical Strategy: Drive the development of backend services and infrastructure platforms used across the global Delivery org.
- Innovation & Execution: Lead efforts in advanced telematics and real-time data processing to improve platform safety and efficiency.
- Mentorship & Culture: Serve as a humble teacher and mentor to a growing regional team on uniquely ambitious projects.
Basic Qualifications
- Experience: 12+ years of experience delivering massive-scale distributed systems.
- Technical Depth: Expert-level understanding of distributed theory (CAP theorem, Paxos/Raft) and technical transformations.
- Education: BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Open Source: Significant contributions to major open-source infrastructure or distributed systems projects.
- Domain Expertise: Deep vertical expertise in FinTech or Security at a global "Big Tech" scale.
- Architectural Migration: Experience migrating monolithic architectures to modular or cell-based paradigms.
Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuelds progress. What moves us, moves the world - let’s move it forward, together.
Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.
*Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@uber.com.