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Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Applied AI

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Uber

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United States , Sunnyvale, California

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Salary:

232000.00 - 258000.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

The Applied AI team collaborates with product teams across Uber to deliver innovative AI solutions for core business problems. We work closely with engineering, product and data science teams to understand core business problems and the potential for AI solutions, then deliver those AI solutions end-to-end. Key areas of expertise include Personalization, Generative AI, Computer Vision, ML Optimization and Geospatial AI. We are building AI-native discovery experiences across Mobility and Delivery. Search, recommendations, and conversational AI are central to how millions of users discover rides, restaurants, grocery items, and retail products every day. We are hiring a Staff ML Engineer (IC6) to define and lead the foundation model strategy powering these experiences.

Job Responsibility:

  • Own the end-to-end technical strategy for foundation models across Search, Recommendations, and Conversational AI
  • Drive architecture decisions that influence multiple product surfaces (Eats, Grocery, Retail, Mobility)
  • Lead cross-team initiatives spanning Retrieval, Ranking, Personalization, and LLM-powered assistants
  • Define long-term investment areas (build vs fine-tune vs partner models)
  • Mentor senior engineers and act as a technical multiplier across the org

Requirements:

  • Masters degree or Ph.D in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics
  • 8+ years of ML experience, including significant work on large-scale deep learning systems
  • Demonstrated ownership of high-impact ML systems in search, recommendations, or conversational AI
  • Deep expertise in transformers, retrieval systems, ranking, and embedding architectures
  • Strong experience with PyTorch and distributed training
  • Track record of influencing technical direction across teams
  • Strong product intuition and ability to connect model improvements to business outcomes

Nice to have:

  • Experience leading multi-team ML initiatives
  • Defined long-term technical roadmaps adopted across orgs
  • Elevated engineering standards through mentorship and technical leadership
What we offer:
  • Bonus program
  • Equity award
  • 401(k) plan
  • Various benefits

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
April 24, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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