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Sep 13, 2026 · R&D Management

Uber EM Reveals 14 Principles for System Design, Team Leadership & Career Transition

Uber engineering manager Sendil Nellaiyapen shares 14 hard-won principles covering system design foundations, scaling from thousands to millions, MVP trade-offs, clarity over seniority, avoiding experience traps, hypothesis-driven culture, latency misconceptions, guardrails for autonomy, and the mindset shift from engineer to manager.