Sr. Software Engineer, Backend

Uber • Sunnyvale, CA • 4h ago

About the Role

Uber's Commerce Platform Engineering group is vital for maintaining and enhancing the infrastructure that enables all Uber lines of business to conduct transactions. As a central and mission-critical system, all commerce in and out of Uber flows through these systems, demanding strict 4 9's availability. This is one of our largest scalable systems, and its complex day-to-day interactions require careful coordination from engineers with a deep sense of quality, security, and ingenuity.

The Order Platform team provides a reliable, self-service platform for accessing commerce data and capabilities across Uber. It serves as a single point of integration between various Uber businesses and commerce systems, acting as the single source of truth for all transactions performed by any Uber business, including Uber Rides and Uber Eats.

As a critical central platform, we bridge the gap between infrastructure and product. We solve deep technical challenges at scale within problem domains specific to Uber's business. As a Sr Software Engineer, you'll own the end-to-end delivery of large initiatives, from design to production readiness. You'll also support and consult with other engineers on their projects and mentor the team. You'll partner closely with engineering leadership, product managers, and technical program managers to develop roadmaps.

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

Design, scale, code, monitor, and maintain a highly critical set of services.

Contribute to, lead, own, and deliver complex projects or features.

Recruit, onboard, and proactively mentor engineers.

Serve as an escalation point for other engineers to troubleshoot and manage severe incidents in production; encourage the adoption of best practices in incident management within the team.

MS/BS in Computer Science or a related field, with at least 6 years of individual contributor experience as a software engineer.

Fluent in Go, Java, or C++ .

Solid understanding of distributed systems architecture - including concepts like consensus, convergence, load balancing, data consistency, and performance/efficiency.

Strong communication skills , both written and verbal, to articulate complex ideas to engineering teams.

Experience being on-call and handling operational issues for a system serving production traffic.

Prior experience in fintech or payments .

Prior experience with Go .

Proven ability to identify and resolve performance and scalability issues .

Experience as a tech lead who has mentored or led small teams in building product features at scale.

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 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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