Staff Software Engineer - Autonomous

Staff Software Engineer - Autonomous Department: Engineering Team: Backend Location: San Francisco, United States Type: Full-Time **About the Role** The AM&D (Autonomous Mobility & Delivery) team owns the autonomous future of Uber’s Rides and Eats business. As we move towards a world where autonomous and human-driven vehicles coexist, Uber is tackling the challenge of building a hybrid marketplace that seamlessly integrates autonomous vehicles into the existing mobility and delivery ecosystem. This requires a delicate balance of optimizing experiences across human and AV drivers, ensuring the marketplace remains reliable, efficient, and scalable. Our team touches nearly every surface and core service Uber provides. Over the past year, we’ve also partnered with some of the leading Autonomous Vehicle OEMs, enabling successful integrations in both Mobility and Delivery. As we look ahead, we expect significant business growth and are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help drive this journey forward. \-\-\-\- What You Will Do ---- 1. Set the technical vision and lead the development of scalable systems that balance heterogeneous supplies of a hybrid marketplace. 2. Architect complex, distributed systems that handle the challenges of AV and human fleet coordination, ensuring Uber’s platform is robust, reliable, and ready for large-scale autonomous deployments. 3. Lead high-impact projects that span multiple teams and disciplines, collaborating with product, data science, operations, and external partners to drive innovation and deliver business-critical solutions. 4. Design and optimize algorithms that solve core marketplace problems such as routing, matching, pricing, and positioning, while ensuring AV and human vehicle operations work seamlessly together. 5. Innovate and lead the development of platform features that leverage autonomous vehicle data, pushing the boundaries of what is possible in mobility and delivery systems. 6. Mentor and guide senior engineers, driving the technical excellence of the team and fostering a culture of innovation and high performance. 7. Collaborate acros