Staff Software Engineer - Engineer at Uber
Seattle, WA
$232,000–$258,000from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend engineering role focused on building the core package-tracking and orchestration systems for a new logistics network covering pickup, hub sortation, linehaul, and last-mile delivery. The work involves designing event-driven services and data models from scratch, writing production Go code on distributed infrastructure, and taking end-to-end ownership of reliability and operations. Mentorship of junior engineers is also expected.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 11 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 82,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 49,500–124,000
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The job title carries no seniority label, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; however, the 8+ years requirement and scope (cross-team technical leadership, mentoring, end-to-end ownership of foundational platform) firmly support Senior.
Go is listed first and is clearly the primary language; Java is named as an explicit alternative in the same requirement ('Golang, Java, or a similar language').
The degree (BS/MS in CS) appears only under Preferred Qualifications, so no minimum degree is hard-required.
The compensation range ($232,000–$258,000/year) is quoted specifically for Seattle, WA-based roles; the caller has declared this fully remote with a national pool, so the figure may not apply uniformly.
Event-driven architecture, microservices, and streaming appear under Preferred Qualifications and are treated as preferred accordingly.
The posting notes that employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office unless approved for full remote; the caller has overridden this to remote=true.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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