Sr Staff Engineer - Core Infrastructure

Sr Staff Engineer - Core Infrastructure Department: Engineering Team: Backend Location: New York, United States Type: Full-Time ### **About the Role** We are seeking a **Senior Staff Engineer (L6)** to lead the technical strategy and evolution of Uber’s **Core Infrastructure Platform**. As a Senior Staff Engineer, you are the principal architect of an ecosystem that handles 1M+ concurrent trips and massive-scale ML workloads. You will own the technical roadmap for our **Compute, Foundations, and Software Networking** stack, driving the shift from "Service Provider" to "Strategic Partner." We aren't looking for a maintainer; we're looking for a visionary who can drive **Platform Engineering 2.0**. You will solve the "hard problems" of extreme scale—driving fleet utilization from 26% to 40%+, scaling GPU pools for Generative AI, and ensuring "Security by Design" across a global multi-cloud footprint. ### **What the Candidate Will Do** - **Architect Strategic Efficiency:** Own the technical vision to drive fleet-wide CPU utilization and unit-cost optimization through ARM adoption (targeting XM+ cores) and silicon diversity. - **Scale AI & ML Infrastructure:** Define the architecture for shared GPU pools and high-performance clusters to support 300x larger ranking models and Autonomous Vehicle data ingestion. - **Modernize the Data Plane:** Drive the convergence of Uber’s networking stack toward industry standards (Kubernetes, Envoy, CNI) while enhancing "SkyEdge" for active-active multi-cloud resilience. - **Enforce Foundations & Reliability:** Lead the "100% Done-Done" initiative, ensuring every service follows standardized safe-deployment (Starship) and reaches 100% zero-trust authorization. - **Agentic Augmentation:** Integrate AI-driven "Minions" and AIOps into the infrastructure to automate 80% of alerts and unlock thousands of years of developer productivity. - **Cross-Org Influence:** Partner with Delivery, Rides, and AV teams to ensure the infrastructure isn't just a container, but a competitive advantage that accelerates their time-to-market. - **Mentor Staff+ Engineers:** Act as a