Senior Staff Engineer - Delivery Marketplace

Senior Staff Engineer - Delivery Marketplace Department: Engineering Team: Machine Learning Location: New York, United States Type: Full-Time **About the Role** Delivery Marketplace is a central pillar to Uber’s delivery products. As the central brain of the company, we are the decision makers that make moving from point A to point B possible for every order that Uber serves, from UberEats to new verticals such as Grocery. We handle all the logic from making the dispatch decisions, predicting how long a delivery might take, and estimating optimal pickup times for orders. We build products that directly impact Uber's top and bottom lines. Senior Staff Optimization Engineers spearhead strategic initiatives across the Delivery Marketplace and partner organizations. In this role, you will drive the end-to-end lifecycle of complex optimization solutions—from abstract ideation to production deployment. You will lead the evolution of our algorithmic stack, integrating online optimization and reinforcement learning with real-time signals to solve the company’s most critical business challenges. **What You Will Do** - You will work with a mixed team of Engineers, Applied Scientists, and Product Managers. - You will lead the design, development, optimization, and productization of solutions and systems that are used to solve strategically important or vaguely defined problems. - You will build solutions to improve Delivery marketplace efficiency while delivering magical user experience. - You will help set the team's technical direction and roadmap. - You will communicate with leadership, identify new opportunities, and help guide the growth of more junior engineers. **Basic Qualifications** - Bachelors (or higher) in relevant fields (Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, etc). - 8+ years of industry experience developing algorithms and models for large-scale deployment. - Experience with optimization packages such as Gurobi, CPLEX, Tools, etc. - Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with cross-functional partners. - Proficiency in one or more coding languages su