About the Role

Internet Traffic Team oversees the ingress and egress of internet traffic to Uber, covering both mobile and web traffic. Responsibilities include Layer 7 routing, SSL termination, Envoy proxies, L4 Load Balancing, Uber’s DNS infrastructure, and anti-DDoS functionalities. As the manager of the team, you will lead a group of talented engineers to enhance user experience, reduce networking latency, and ensure the security and reliability of Uber’s mobile and web traffic. You will be responsible for driving key innovations and leading other engineers, setting technical direction and fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.

---- What the Candidate Will Do ----

1. Manage Uber’s internet traffic team, covering Layer 7 routing, SSL termination, Envoy proxies, L4 Load Balancing, Uber’s DNS infrastructure, and anti-DDoS functionalities.
2. Tackle complex problems on a global scale, ensuring smooth and efficient network operations.
3. Lead a group of talented engineers to enhance user experience, reduce networking latency, and ensure the security and reliability of Uber’s mobile and web traffic.
4. Foster collaborative efforts with key stakeholders to align objectives and optimize results.
5. Coordinate prompt responses to network outages or performance issues to maintain service reliability.

---- Basic Qualifications ----

1. Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
2. 8+ years of experience in backend software development or management.
3. At least 2 years of experience as a manager.
4. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across different teams and effectively lead projects.

---- Preferred Qualifications ----

1. Proven ability to mentor staff-level engineers, foster innovation in technology projects, and lead teams effectively.
2. Strong knowledge of networking concepts such as HTTP, TCP/IP, UDP, DDoS mitigation, CDN caching strategies, and BGP..
3. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
4. Understands failure modes in high scale distributed systems and strategies for incident prevention.
5. Advanced understanding of cloud systems, including experience with cloud service providers like AWS, Azure, OCI, or Google Cloud.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$218,000 per year - USD$242,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$218,000 per year - USD$242,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$218,000 per year - USD$242,000 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. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.