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Uber · Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

# Sr Staff Engineer, Backend - Core Services

Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Full-time Senior individual contributor Software Engineering 

Listed on Uber’s official careers site. Posted June 19, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.
[Apply on Uber’s careers site →](https://iaziqy.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/UberCareers/job/149574)

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## Job description

About the Role As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you are the Global Technical Anchor for systems powering every Uber trip and transaction. You define the multi-year vision for the backend ecosystem, acting as a peer to Directors and VPs to ground Uber’s most ambitious business goals in technical reality.

### What You’ll Do

Technical Strategy: Define the "North Star" multi-year roadmap and lead high-stakes "buy vs. build" evaluations on the Architecture Review Board.

### Execution & Excellence

Directly tackle high-risk challenges, driving a company-wide shift toward "Zero-Trust" and "Always-On" architectures.

### Mentorship & Influence

Act as a "leader of leaders" by mentoring Staff Engineers and serving as a strategic advisor to VP/CTO level leadership.

### Basic Qualifications

Experience: 12+ years of experience delivering massive-scale distributed systems.

### Technical Depth

Expert-level understanding of distributed theory (CAP theorem, Paxos/Raft) and technical transformations.

### Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.

### Preferred Qualifications

Open Source: Significant contributions to major open-source infrastructure or distributed systems projects.

### Domain Expertise

Deep vertical expertise in FinTech or Security at a global "Big Tech" scale.

### Architectural Migration

Experience migrating monolithic architectures to modular or cell-based paradigms. ~~ ~~

## At a glance
- Posted by the employer: Jun 19, 2026
- First seen by OpenNash: Oct 19, 2026
- Last checked: Oct 19, 2026
- Listed for: 122 days
- Location: Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Employment type: Full-time[Apply on Uber’s careers site →](https://iaziqy.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/UberCareers/job/149574)

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