Staff Software Engineer (Backend) - Road Safety

Staff Software Engineer (Backend) - Road Safety Department: Engineering Team: Backend Location: San Francisco, United States Type: Full-Time ## About the Role Uber’s Road Safety Engineering team sits at the intersection of real-world mobility, large-scale data systems, and safety-critical decision-making. We show up for millions of people across the globe who rely on our platform every day, and this role allows you to find tremendous purpose by bridging the digital and real worlds to power movement and shape communities. Every Uber trip is made safer by the systems you will help build. This isn’t a place where you follow a playbook; it’s where you help write one. Engineering at Uber means building for real-world impact under real-world constraints where performance, safety, and scale cannot be separated. You will need to make smart decisions with imperfect information and own them. This role is high-stakes and fast-moving—the pace can be both invigorating and challenging to keep up with. If you think in systems, stay calm under pressure, and are energized by the messy reality of solving what’s hard, this is where you’ll grow. ## What You’ll Do - **Design and lead** the development of long-lasting engineering artifacts that reduce complexity and improve developer velocity across the organization. - **Solve messy, high-impact problems** by building and maintaining backend systems that process petabytes of telematics and sensor data in real-time. - **Navigate technical debt** and legacy complexity while making intelligent bets on high-impact innovations like GenAI integration. - **Foresee architectural gaps** and opportunities 1–2 years out, working with leadership to address them before they become blockers. - **Champion engineering excellence** by defining standards for code health, testing, and observability, even when time is tight and pressure is high. - **Unblock multi-team projects** by building strategic relationships with product, design, and data science partners to ship practical solutions at speed. - **Lead from the front** by being hands-on with complex codebases and serving as a mult