Principal Engineer - AI Tools
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Summary
About the Role
About You
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 15+ years of relevant software engineering experience with a proven track record of technical leadership and innovation.
- Demonstrated experience defining and leading large-scale, cross-organizational technical initiatives from concept to completion.
- Recognized expertise in developer platforms, infrastructure, CI/CD, and software development lifecycle tooling.
- Hands-on experience applying AI/ML/GenAI to solve complex software engineering problems.
- Experience influencing and aligning senior leadership (Director, VP level) on technical strategy and roadmaps.
- Deep expertise in leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) and other generative AI techniques to build intelligent developer tools.
- A strong background in compilers, code analysis (static/dynamic), or building large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience building and scaling platforms that serve thousands of engineers in a complex, polyglot environment (Go, Java, Python, Swift, Kotlin).
- A history of significant contributions to the open-source community, publications in top-tier conferences, or patents in relevant fields.
- Expertise with modern build systems (e.g., Bazel, Buck) and container orchestration technologies (e.g., Kubernetes).
Benefits
- Base salary range of $302k–$336k per year.
- Eligibility to participate in Uber's bonus program.
- Potential equity award and other types of compensation.
- 401(k) plan participation for all full-time employees.
- Various additional benefits.
We are Uber. The go-getters. The kind of people who are relentless about our mission to help people go anywhere and get anything and earn their way. Movement is what we power. It’s our lifeblood. It runs through our veins. It’s what gets us out of bed each morning. It pushes us to constantly reimagine how we can move better. For you. For all the places you want to go. For all the things you want to get. For all the ways you want to earn. Across the entire world. In real time. At the incredible speed of now. The idea for Uber was born on a snowy night in Paris in 2008, and ever since then our DNA of reimagination and reinvention carries on. We’ve grown into a global platform powering flexible earnings and the movement of people and things in ever expanding ways. We’ve gone from connecting rides on 4 wheels to 2 wheels to 18-wheel freight deliveries. From takeout meals to daily essentials to prescription drugs to just about anything you need at any time and earning your way. From drivers with background checks to real-time verification, safety is a top priority every single day. At Uber, the pursuit of reimagination is never finished, never stops, and is always just beginning.