About this role
Sr Machine Learning Engineer
Location: San Francisco, California
Team: Engineer
Subteam: Software Engineering
Posted on: Oct 9, 2026
Meet the Eng team
Driving innovation at scale
About the Role and Team
Engineering at Uber means building for real-world impact under real-world constraints. As a L5 MLE on the Pricing & Incentives team team, you will build innovative products and scalable systems that power our global marketplace. Our systems produce real-time decision signals and sophisticated algorithms that other critical systems depend on every second. The problems here are complex, the systems are massive, and the stakes are immediate.
What you'll do
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Requires advanced ML expertise to design machine learning models to jointly optimize demand levers (TDF, TSF, HVAs, EUP). This role is necessary to improve marketplace efficiency by modeling the coordination across pricing and incentive levers.
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Own the software lifecycle end-to-end: from design docs through production rollout, debugging live issues, and managing incidents.
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Collaborate across disciplines — Product, Applied Science, and Ops — to translate ambiguous marketplace problems into robust system designs.
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Basic Qualifications
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5+ years of professional software engineering experience in ML, statistics, or optimization techniques, distributed systems, or large-scale data processing.
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Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Go, Java, Python).
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Experience designing and operating high-throughput, low-latency services, and translating customer or business problems into system design.
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Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
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Preferred Qualifications
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Experience with marketplace, pricing, dispatch, forecasting, or other real-time decision systems.
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Familiarity with real-time data streaming (e.g., Kafka, Flink) or time-series forecasting pipelines.
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Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment on engineering trade-offs where algorithm behavior has direct business impact.
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For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.
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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.
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Ready to Ride?
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This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook — it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves — we'd love to hear from you.
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You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.
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Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.
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Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity 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.
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Benefits
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Health, life and disability
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Comprehensive coverage for your physical and mental health to help give you and your loved ones peace of mind.
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Wellbeing and lifestyle
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Benefits that support you holistically, including a competitive 401(k) match, wellbeing reimbursement, and monthly Uber Credits.
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Parental and family care
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Support for every stage of family life, including comprehensive fertility coverage, 18 weeks of paid parental leave, and concierge caregiver support.