Sr Engineering Manager, Maps Search

Sr Engineering Manager, Maps Search Department: Engineering Team: Manager Location: San Francisco, United States Type: Full-Time **About the Team** The Maps Search team powers location search and discovery across Uber’s ecosystem - enabling pickup and dropoff location search & recommendations for Rides, Eats and other lines of business. This is a full-stack, high-impact team building cutting-edge ML models for retrieval and ranking, planet-scale distributed systems operating at ultra-low latency, and seamless mobile experiences that define how users discover places and interact with the map. Search is a mission-critical surface that directly impacts conversion, reliability, and consumer growth. **About the Role** As the Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead the entire Maps Search organization (~20 engineers and managers across San Francisco and Toronto at present). This exciting role sits at the intersection of ML/AI innovation, distributed systems, and user experience. Your leadership will directly influence business growth and reliability of one of Uber’s most critical entry points. **What You'll Do** - Partner deeply with Product, Applied Science, and other teams at Uber to define strategy & drive execution on company-critical initiatives. - Set the multi-year technical vision and strategy for Maps search and recommendations across Uber - Raise the bar on ML innovation and platform reliability at global scale - Build and mentor a strong bench of engineering leaders (EMs & Tech leads). **Basic Qualifications** - 10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience building or leading ML/AI or optimization-driven systems - 5+ years of engineering management experience, including managing managers or tech leads - Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams (backend services + ML/AI required; mobile experience a plus) - Track record of leading mission-critical, consumer-facing products or platforms in close partnership with cross-functional stakeholders - Demonstrate experience in developing and retaining high-performing engineering teams. **Preferred Qual