Uber

Principal Engineer, UAIS

Uber • $302K — $336K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
  • 10+ years in product development with a focus on ML technology and measurable business impact.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive significant revenue or market growth in a product domain.
  • Deep knowledge of machine learning and backend distributed systems at a production scale.
  • Proven track record of identifying high-leverage opportunities in ambiguous environments.
  • Strong leadership and communication skills to align stakeholders around growth initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Build high-scale ML and backend systems to ensure business growth.
  • Take complete ownership of AI data verticals from direction-setting to performance metrics.
  • Make decisive strategic and technical decisions in an ambiguous environment.
  • Cultivate important customer relationships to foster account growth and product development.

Benefits

  • Participation in Uber's bonus program.
  • Eligibility for equity awards and other compensation types.
  • Access to a 401(k) plan for retirement.
  • Various employee benefits provided.
Full Job Description
Job Description

About the Role

Uber AI Solutions (UAIS) operates as an agile startup inside Uber, building the mission-critical data and evaluation infrastructure that powers the world's most advanced AI models. We are seeking a Principal Engineer with a founder mindset to take true end-to-end ownership of high-impact AI data verticals. In this role, you will go deep on the hardest technical challenges across production ML, high-scale backend distributed systems, and real-world physical AI - shaping strategy, driving durable business growth, and serving as a key partner in strategic customer relationships.

What You'll Do
  • Build the ML and backend systems that make the growth real and durable, going deep on the hardest problems yourself.
  • Own your vertical end to end: set the direction, find where the growth is, and drive the business metrics that matter, such as revenue, customers, and market reach.
  • Move fast and decisively in ambiguity, making the strategic and technical calls that decide whether the business wins.
  • Be a trusted technical partner in the most important customer relationships, using them to grow the account and shape what you build next.


What You Need
  • Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
  • 10+ years building and shipping products powered by ML, with a history of owning both the technology and the business results for a significant product area.
  • Proven track record of growing a business, not just running it: you have driven significant, measurable business growth such as revenue, adoption, or market expansion.
  • Deep expertise in both machine learning systems and backend distributed systems, with the ability to build production systems that scale as the business grows.
  • A track record of finding the highest leverage opportunities in an ambiguous space and driving them to real business impact.
  • Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to align customers, product, and business leadership around a growth agenda.


Preferred Qualifications
  • You have taken a product or business line from early stage to meaningful scale, ideally in a startup or startup like environment, owning revenue and growth throughout.
  • Experience as the owner of an applied AI product domain, such as real world data, agentic environments, evaluation, or multimodal and multilingual ML, where you drove significant business outcomes.
  • Expertise in GenAI and LLM systems at production scale, spanning architecture, evaluation, safety, and responsible deployment.
  • Depth in a domain central to UAIS such as physical world and physical AI data, agentic RL environments and evaluation, multilingual and audio, or robotics and egocentric data, and a track record of owning strategic customer relationships.
  • Management experience in TLM capacity is helpful


Responsibilities

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $302,000 per year - USD $336,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $302,000 per year - USD $336,000 per year.

For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.

About Uber

Uber Entertainment, Inc. is a privately held video game development company headquartered in beautiful downtown Kirkland, WA. Uber is currently developing Planetary Annihilation, a next generation real time strategy game of epic proportions.

Uber Careers

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29,300 employees
Market Cap
$48.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$6.7 billion
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
+35.3%
Revenue
$11.1 billion
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