Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Core Services Job at Uber (Sao Paulo)

Staff Software Engineer, Core Platform

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Core Platform team, you'll drive technical s...

Location

United States

Salary:

238000.00 - 280000.00 USD / Year

Vanta

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Deep industry experience with expertise in platform engineering, infrastructure systems, or backend architecture
Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives spanning multiple quarters and teams in fast-paced, dynamic environments
Mastery in system design, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure (AWS), with demonstrated experience building and scaling platform systems that serve internal engineering teams
Experience with containerized deployments (e.g. ECS, Fargate), database management (MongoDB preferred), security hardening practices and thinking in terms of platform level abstractions and UX for developers, not just underlying infrastructure
Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence technical decisions across the organization, consistently upleveling teams and presenting effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences
Strong technical foundation in modern backend technologies

Job Responsibility

Lead strategic technical initiatives across Core Platform's infrastructure and security domains, setting the technical direction for foundational systems that enable all of Vanta's engineering teams to ship quickly and securely
Design and evolve internal platforms and paved roads that abstract away infrastructure and security complexity, enabling product teams to ship independently and safely
Drive multi-quarter platform projects that improve infrastructure reliability, and security posture across the organization, including AWS services (ECS, Fargate, Lambda), MongoDB optimization, and event-driven architecture
Build platform capabilities for enterprise and regulated environments, including FedRAMP-aligned infrastructure, secure environments, and compliance-ready deployment patterns
Partner closely with product engineering, security, and leadership to understand developer needs, identify friction, and translate them into scalable platform solutions
Champion engineering excellence by mentoring senior engineers, influencing architecture across teams, and institutionalizing best practices for platform reliability, operability, and developer experience

What we offer

Offers Equity
medical benefits
401(k) plan
other company perk programs
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical plans
16 weeks fully-paid Parental Leave for all new parents
Health & wellness stipend
Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend
Commuter benefits for team members who report to the SF and NYC office
Family planning benefits

Fulltime

Staff Software Engineer, (Backend) Uber AI Solutions

At Uber, our mission is to be the platform of choice for flexible earning opport...

Location

United States , San Francisco, California; Sunnyvale, California

Salary:

232000.00 - 258000.00 USD / Year

Uber

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor’s (or Master’s) degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline (or equivalent experience)
Expert in at least one major backend or infrastructure technology (languages, frameworks, distributed systems, data pipelines) and comfortable influencing architecture across teams
Strong record of mentoring and developing engineers, setting technical standards, and driving impact beyond a single team
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
able to engage with multiple teams, stakeholders, and articulate vision and trade-offs
Experience participating in hiring and helping build out engineering teams or capability
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with substantial experience designing, building, and operating large-scale systems across multiple teams
Deep understanding of ML Ops ecosystems, LLM or ML model lifecycle management, and large-scale data processing frameworks (e.g., Kubeflow, Airflow, Ray, Spark)
Proven experience architecting systems for data labeling, translation, or human-in-the-loop workflows supporting high-volume ML applications
Strong familiarity with GenAI, Physical AI and LLM infrastructure model hosting, fine-tuning, evaluation, and integration into production services

Job Responsibility

Architect and evolve core systems that span multiple teams, ensuring scalability, performance, and long-term maintainability of critical platform services
Provide technical leadership across teams, driving alignment on design patterns, service interfaces, and shared infrastructure investments
Mentor and develop senior engineers, elevating technical depth, decision-making, and design rigor across the broader group
Champion the adoption of AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices to improve code quality, reliability, and delivery speed across teams
Influence hiring and talent development, helping shape team composition and maintaining a high engineering bar across multiple teams

What we offer

Eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program
May be offered an equity award & other types of comp
Eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan
Eligible for various benefits

Fulltime

Staff Software Engineer, Core

We are building the next-generation AI-powered platform and web application for ...

Location

United States , San Francisco

Salary:

Not provided

Descript

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Full-stack product engineer
Comfortable integrating and debugging functionality and logic end to end
Strategic decision making and ability to push back on unnecessary complexity or scope creep
Experience to bring forth proven industry practices
Well versed in web development and associated devtools
Technologies: Typescript, REST API development, relational DBs
Track record evolving and re-architecting complex systems
Comfortable walking off the beaten path, at the edge of systems
Competent thinking about security risks & mitigations
Experience integrating 3rd party services

Job Responsibility

Set the technical direction for Descript’s identity model
Lead large multi-quarter initiatives by collaborating with cross-functional partners
Own building and shipping features across all levels of the stack (frontend and backend)
Influence the strategy and roadmap by proactively identifying and recommending high ROI areas to invest in
Mentor other Engineers and advise teams on architecture and quality

What we offer

Generous healthcare package
401k matching program
Catered lunches
Flexible vacation time

Staff Software Development Engineer Backend Node.js

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connec...

Location

United States

Salary:

118450.00 - 260590.00 USD / Year

CVS Health

Expiration Date

July 03, 2026

Requirements

7+ years of software engineering experience, including significant backend and platform engineering experience in production environments
Strong expertise in TypeScript and modern Node.js backend development
Proven experience designing and operating backend APIs at scale, especially GraphQL-based platforms
Strong experience with backend frameworks such as Fastify, Express, NestJS, or similar, with an ability to make sound architectural tradeoffs
Direct experience with API gateway technologies such as Kong, Apigee, or Azure API Management
Deep experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases, including schema design, migrations, performance tuning, and data modeling
Hands-on experience with distributed workflows, asynchronous orchestration, or job-processing systems such as Temporal or similar platforms
Strong understanding of authentication and authorization patterns, including OAuth, OIDC, JWTs, and service-to-service security
Experience implementing observability practices including tracing, structured logging, metrics, and production diagnostics
Experience working in containerized environments and modern backend delivery workflows using Docker and CI/CD pipelines

Job Responsibility

Lead backend architecture across core services, shared platform packages, and workflow-driven backend systems
Own the design and evolution of GraphQL APIs, service boundaries, data contracts, and typed backend integrations
Drive development of backend services built with TypeScript, Node.js, Fastify, PostgreSQL, and workflow orchestration technologies
Shape and improve systems that provision, configure, and integrate with API gateways and related platform infrastructure
Define patterns for service reliability, observability, security, authentication, and operational readiness
Guide schema design, data access strategy, migrations, and long-term maintainability of relational data models
Improve engineering standards through code review, technical design reviews, testing strategy, and mentoring
Partner closely with frontend engineers, product teams, and platform stakeholders to ensure backend capabilities support the full product workflow
Identify architectural risks, reduce knowledge silos, and create scalable patterns for a growing engineering organization
Contribute to a culture of strong ownership, high-quality delivery, and pragmatic technical leadership

What we offer

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Paid time off
Retirement savings options
Wellness programs
Bonus, commission or short-term incentive program
Equity award program

Fulltime

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Staff Software Engineer - Cloud Global Services

We are currently hiring a Staff Software Engineer in our Cloud Global Services t...

Location

United States

Salary:

170000.00 - 260000.00 USD / Year

Temporal

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Rich experience as an 'Arranger' and/or 'Builder/Enhancer' in large-scale distributed systems design (reliability, scalability)
Operational experience in large-scale distributed systems environments
Experience developing highly concurrent systems
Demonstrated experience writing concurrent code (pref. Go, Java) in production as Advanced or Expert levels
Knowledge and experience of reliability to ensure the high reliability of the Temporal system
Ideas and actions to improve the velocity of the team

Job Responsibility

Design and implement core backend service features for Temporal's high-availability services in-region, cross-region, and re: cross-cloud failover
Clearly document design choices and operational knowledge to successfully deploy and run services with those features
Provide appropriate service level logs and metrics to make features operational for cloud service setup
Provide appropriate alerts, dashboards, and runbooks for production

What we offer

Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
Empower 401K Plan
Additional Perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend and more
$3,600 / Year Work from Home Meals
$1,500 / Year Career Development & Learning
$1,200 / Year Lifestyle Spending Account
$1,000 / Year In-Home Office Setup (In addition to Temporal issued equipment)
$500 / Year Professional Memberships

Fulltime

Staff Software Engineer I – Control Plane Core Infrastructure

Location

Canada

Salary:

225100.00 - 264500.00 CAD / Year

Confluent

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Typically 6+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of delivering complex backend or distributed systems to production
Deep hands‑on experience with at least some of: Distributed systems design (consistency models, failure modes, data modeling, scalability)
Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and cloud‑native architectures
Kubernetes or similar orchestration platforms
Proficiency in one or more of Go, Java or Scala, and comfort working across services, infrastructure, and automation
Able to define end‑to‑end designs, break them into milestones, de‑risk early, and land them on time with high quality
Operationally rigorous: you think in terms of SLOs, failure modes, observability, and incident response
you design for safe change and graceful degradation
Great communicator: you write clear design docs, explain trade‑offs crisply, and can lead technical discussions with diverse stakeholders (engineers, PMs, leadership)
Leader without authority: you’ve successfully led cross‑team projects, influenced technical direction beyond your immediate code, and helped others level up

Job Responsibility

Own end‑to‑end architecture and delivery of complex control‑plane systems (APIs, controllers, orchestration workflows, data models) that support Confluent Cloud products
Lead open‑ended technical initiatives: take ambiguous problems, clarify requirements, define the approach, and drive execution across teams and services
Raise the bar on reliability and operations by building resilient systems with strong observability, clear SLOs, runbooks, and safe rollout/rollback patterns
Collaborate across orgs (Cloud Platform, Kafka, Compute, Security, Traffic, SRE and others) to align on designs, trade‑offs, and long‑term platform direction
Mentor and unblock engineers at multiple levels
provide high‑quality design and code reviews, and help grow the broader engineering team
Continuously improve developer experience for our control‑plane stack (tooling, automation, CI/CD, test strategy) to remove toil and increase velocity
Influence technical strategy in your domain: identify high‑impact opportunities, propose roadmaps, and help prioritize work aligned with business goals
Contribute to engineering culture via documentation, design reviews, and knowledge sharing (internal talks, wikis, or external content where appropriate)

What we offer

Remote-First Work
Robust Insurance Benefits
Flexible Time Away
The Best Teammates
Experience Ambassadors
Open and Honest Culture
Well-Being and Growth
Offers Equity

Fulltime

Staff Software Engineer- Earner Offer Experience

Location

United States , San Francisco; Sunnyvale

Salary:

232000.00 - 258000.00 USD / Year

Uber

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
8+ years of professional software development experience, with a deep focus on backend systems and distributed architectures
Expertise in building scalable, resilient services using technologies such as Go, Java, or Python
Strong understanding of system design, data modeling, and performance tuning
Experience driving large-scale initiatives from inception to delivery across multiple teams or functions

Job Responsibility

Lead by Influence: Set the technical vision and roadmap for core systems that power personalized offer delivery and earner engagement
Architect Systems: Design and evolve backend systems to be scalable, reliable, and flexible enough to support future innovations
Drive Cross-Org Impact: Partner closely with platform, data, ML, and product teams across Uber to ensure cohesive and performant system design
Uphold Engineering Excellence: Champion high standards for design, code quality, testing, and operational excellence
Mentor and Uplift: Guide engineers across multiple teams, offering technical mentorship and fostering a culture of growth and accountability
Own Delivery: Take full ownership of projects from concept to production, ensuring timely execution and measurable impact
Advance Innovation: Identify technical opportunities and lead the charge in tackling complex infrastructure and product challenges using data-driven decision making

What we offer

bonus program
equity award & other types of comp
401(k) plan
various benefits

Fulltime

Staff Software Engineer - Eater Growth

Uber Eats has expanded beyond restaurants to support grocery, retail, and other ...

Location

United States , New York; San Francisco

Salary:

232000.00 - 258000.00 USD / Year

Uber

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field
7+ years of full-time Software Engineering experience
Proven experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems in production
Strong fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and system design
Experience designing scalable APIs, data models, and backend workflows
Experience with microservice architectures
Demonstrated technical leadership across multiple teams
Proficiency in one or more backend languages such as Java, Go, Python, or C++

Job Responsibility

Lead the design and evolution of core backend systems powering Early User Growth initiatives
Define and drive platform architecture, APIs, and shared services used across multiple teams
Partner with Product, Design, and Data Science to deliver scalable solutions that enable rapid experimentation
Own system reliability, scalability, and long-term maintainability of Growth services
Influence technical direction through design reviews, mentorship, and engineering best practices
Improve experimentation velocity while maintaining high standards for operational excellence

What we offer

Bonus program
Equity award
401(k) plan

Fulltime

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