Sr Staff Engineer, Backend - Core Services
Location
rio de janeiro, rio de janeiro
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Instalação - Manutenção - Reparação
Posted
May 28, 2026
About the Role
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you are the Global Technical Anchor for systems powering every Uber trip and transaction. You define the multi-year vision for the backend ecosystem, acting as a peer to Directors and VPs to ground Uber's most ambitious business goals in technical reality.
What You'll Do
- Technical Strategy: Define the North Star multi-year roadmap and lead high-stakes buy vs. build evaluations on the Architecture Review Board.
- Execution & Excellence: Directly tackle high-risk challenges, driving a company-wide shift toward Zero-Trust and Always-On architectures.
- Mentorship & Influence: Act as a leader of leaders by mentoring Staff Engineers and serving as a strategic advisor to VP/CTO level leadership.
Basic Qualifications
- Experience: 12+ years of experience delivering massive-scale distributed systems.
- Technical Depth: Expert-level understanding of distributed ...