Engineering Manager II, Container Platform

About the Role

Uber is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team within our Container Platform Infrastructure group.

The Container Platform team's mission is to build the next generation of Uber's container orchestration platform on Kubernetes that is secure, reliable, scalable, and highly efficient. At Uber we have a complex infrastructure spanning both on-prem data centers and cloud. It supports a diverse variety of workloads (stateless, batch, streaming, ML/AI, stateful), each different in its characteristics and requirements.

What the Candidate Will Do ----

1. Provide product and technical leadership, setting team direction and goals by identifying technical priorities and opportunities, managing expectations, and considering tradeoffs.
2. Empower delivery by forming actionable plans, allocating responsibilities, and maintaining productivity across engineering teams with well-defined goals and metrics.
3. Manage and grow individual team members, attract and recruit new talent responsible for ever-growing technical challenges
4. Collaborate across many areas of Uber, work with other technical, product and operation leaders across the Globe

---- Basic Qualifications ----

1. Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
2. 8+ years of professional Software Development experience building products and platforms
3. 2+ years of experience leading functional areas as a Tech Lead / Engineering Manager.

---- Preferred Qualifications ----

1. Background in large-scale backend infrastructure
2. 5+ years of experience building large scale infrastructure systems.
3. Strong leadership skills and technical expertise; ability to lead a platform team with deep domain knowledge and solve technical challenges through system design and problem-solving
4. Proven ability to collaborate effectively across different functions and with diverse stakeholders.
5. Demonstrated leadership experience in improving reliability and efficiency of business critical services.
6. Working experience in cluster management solutions such as Kubernetes or Mesos

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$223,000 per year - USD$248,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$223,000 per year - USD$248,000 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's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.

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 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.

Client-provided location(s): San Francisco, CA, Sunnyvale, CA

Job ID: Uber-151182

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-11-20T20:33:46