Sr Software Engineer - AI Platform (Michelangelo)

Uber
Seattle, WA, USA / Sunnyvale, CA, USA2026-05-13

About the job

This role is part of Uber’s ML Serving team within the AI Platform, responsible for building and operating large-scale, low-latency systems for real-time ML and generative AI inference. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will lead the design and ownership of critical serving services and frameworks that power ML workloads across Uber. Your work will directly influence platform reliability, scalability, and developer experience for ML engineers company-wide.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and own scalable ML serving services and infrastructure components

Drive technical design decisions and lead the implementation of complex systems

Partner with ML engineers and platform teams to productionize ML and generative AI models

Improve system reliability, performance, and operational excellence through automation and tooling

Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team-wide engineering best practices

Qualifications

Minimum

5+ years of experience in Software Engineering

Significant experience building production-grade backend or distributed systems using Java, Go, Python, or C++

Proven ability to design, ship, and operate scalable services end to end

Strong foundation in system design, data structures, and algorithms

Hands-on experience with ML serving, inference pipelines, or real-time ML systems in production

Preferred

Experience designing high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems

Familiarity with ML frameworks and model lifecycle concepts such as deployment, versioning, and monitoring

Demonstrated ownership, mentoring, and collaboration across teams