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The Ads Demand Platform team owns the end-to-end advertiser-side systems that power ad creation, management, and lifecycle across all ad formats and advertiser types. We build scalable APIs, workflows, and core systems that unblock and accelerate product teams spanning SMB, Enterprise, CPG, display, and non-endemic ads. As a Staff Backend Engineer, you’ll shape foundational architecture, set technical direction across multiple teams, and have outsized impact by enabling the next generation of ads products at Uber scale.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the design and evolution of core backend systems that power the advertiser experience across all ads products and formats
Define and drive platform architecture, APIs, and shared services used by multiple ads feature teams
Partner closely with product, frontend, and feature teams to translate complex business needs into scalable technical solutions
Provide technical leadership through design reviews, mentorship, and setting engineering best practices across the org
Own system reliability and operational excellence, including performance, scalability, and long-term maintainability
Requirements:
7+ years of backend engineering experience building and operating large-scale, distributed systems in a production environment
Strong proficiency in designing APIs, data models, and workflows with an emphasis on scalability, reliability, and maintainability
Proven track record of technical leadership, including driving architecture decisions, mentoring senior engineers, and influencing across multiple teams
Nice to have:
Experience building ads platforms or demand-side systems, such as ad creation, targeting, bidding, budgeting, pacing, or measurement
Strong background in designing multi-tenant, high-scale platform systems that serve diverse product teams and advertiser types
What we offer:
Eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program
May be offered an equity award & other types of comp
All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan