Sr. Staff Software Engineer - iOS

About the Role:

Uber's Safety Engineering team sits at the heart of our mission: to make every interaction on Uber's platform safe and trusted. We combine advanced machine learning, computer vision, real-time telematics, and motion sensing with user-facing mobile products to prevent incidents and empower users worldwide.Our work spans a wide spectrum:

• Critical safety features like SOS, RideCheck, and audio-video recording.
• Real-time data streaming infrastructure that ingests terabytes daily.
• Innovative technologies such as facial biometrics and crash detection.

We are seeking seasoned iOS engineers to take a lead role on building our next generation video processing and streaming features and lead the mobile engineerings across the org in supporting org wide initiatives like improving reliability and quality of our products We are seeking seasoned iOS engineers to assume a leadership role in developing our next-generation video processing and streaming features, and to guide mobile engineering teams across the organization in supporting company-wide initiatives such as enhancing product reliability and quality.This team's impact is profound: every Uber trip, across ridesharing, delivery, and new mobility offerings, is made safer by our work. With #StandForSafety as a company-wide priority, this role offers a unique opportunity to define the industry standard for safe mobility at global scale

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

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Staff iOS Engineer to lead Uber's next generation of video processing and streaming experiences on mobile. This role will drive the design, development, and optimization of iOS features that solve strategically important business and technical challenges, with a focus on safety-critical recording and streaming systems.

As a senior technical leader, you will:

1. Lead end-to-end efforts to design, build, and scale iOS video recording and streaming solutions.
2. Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and cross-functional partners to deliver on a bold roadmap.
3. Champion engineering excellence through mentorship, role modeling, and driving best practices in code quality, reliability, observability, and on-call operations.
4. Provide technical leadership across multiple teams, influencing decisions up to and including the Staff Engineer level.
5. Contribute to and help shape Uber's safety-focused engineering culture.
6. Identify opportunities to create efficiencies, improve performance, unlock new value and coach others to do the same.
7. Represent the Safety org in broader company-wide initiatives, advancing Uber's mission of making safety a true differentiator.

---- Basic Qualifications ----

1. 10+ years of full-time software engineering experience with significant depth in native iOS development (Swift, Objective-C).
2. Strong computer science fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis, and performance optimization.
3. Proven ability to lead technical efforts, demonstrating ownership, resilience, and a collaborative mindset.
4. Experience with multiple mobile architectures and paradigms.
5. Proficiency in Swift and Objective-C, with extensive experience in SwiftUI and iOS frameworks. A strong understanding of architecture and best practices in mobile development.
6. Deep expertise in battery efficient video processing and/or streaming applications on iOS.

---- Preferred Qualifications ----

1. Cross-platform mobile development experience (iOS and Android).
2. Proficiency in Swift, Kotlin, and Java.
3. Strong track record working at scale both in terms of large organizations (10k+ employees) and highly distributed global teams.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$257,000 per year - USD$285,500 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$257,000 per year - USD$285,500 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-149045

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-10-08T00:32:17