Sr Software Engineer - Backend, Marketplace/Maps/Membership/AV

Uber • San Francisco, CA • 5h ago

About the Role

Collaborates with stakeholders within the team to build and maintain backend services and solutions to support user-facing products.

About the Team (We are hiring for multiple teams)

We are building the future of Uber's mobility and logistics platforms. As a software engineer, you will contribute to high-scale, strategically critical systems that impact millions of users and redefine the global transportation and membership landscape. Our teams drive innovation across critical areas including:

Maps & Routing: Building the core technologies for location accuracy, sensor data processing, and state-of-the-art routing algorithms to power ETAs, navigation, and matching for all Uber products.

Uber One Membership: Enhancing user experience and growth for Uber One, a fast-growing program providing members with exclusive benefits, best prices, and priority across the platform.

Delivery Marketplace: Delivery Marketplace is a central pillar of Uber's delivery products, serving as the "brain" of the operation. We drive every decision that enables orders to go from point A to point B - from Uber Eats & Grocery, to newer verticals like Uber Direct and Connect. We're responsible for everything: from dispatch decisions, predicting food ready time, delivery times, and optimizing pickup times, to ensuring we deliver the most efficient and impactful solutions for Uber's most critical business goals

Autonomous Mobility & Delivery (AM&D): Pioneering the integration of autonomous vehicles into the existing ecosystem, tackling the complex challenge of building a reliable, efficient, and scalable hybrid marketplace for both Rides and Eats.

What You'll Do

Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable software solutions

Collaborate with product managers, cross-engineering teams, data scientists and other partners to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications

Identify opportunities and lead of the entire development lifecycle end-to-end, from architecture design and coding to deployment

Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor junior engineers to foster a culture of continuous learning and improvement

Participate in periodic on-call rotations and be available for critical issues

Mentor and guide other engineers, providing technical leadership and encouraging a collaborative and growth-oriented team environment

Build and maintain scalable backend services and infrastructure

Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and industry trends, evaluating their potential impact on our software systems and recommending appropriate integrations or improvements

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field with at least 3 years of full-time Software Engineering work experience OR PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field with at least 1 year of full-time Software Engineering work experience

Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, C++, Python, or Go

3 years of experience with backend development, building and delivering end-user products.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field

More than 5 years of full-time Software Engineering work experience

Proven experience building highly available distributed systems (at Uber scale) and working across multiple backend services

Experience working on scalable backend systems utilizing a microservices architecture

High bar for quality as demonstrated by code reviews, documentation, unit and integration testing

Experience with optimization techniques and algorithmic development

Strong problem-solving skills, with expertise in algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$202,000 per year - USD$224,000 per year. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$202,000 per year - USD$224,000 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$202,000 per year - USD$224,000 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$202,000 per year - USD$224,000 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. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb_Y9Bv8-lWDMbpidF2GKXsxzNh11wUUVS7fM1znOfEJsVeA/viewform

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