Backend Software Engineer III

About the Role

As a Backend Engineer at Uber Freight, you’ll be building the core services that drive our Transportation Management Platform. From developing APIs that power shipper and carrier tools to creating data pipelines and microservices that support real-time operations, your work will be foundational to how freight is priced, booked, and delivered. You'll work alongside a cross-functional team to bring impactful features to life, and be trusted to own the implementation and evolution of key systems as we scale our business.

What the Candidate Will Do

• Develop high quality software - readable, maintainable & efficient of multiple modules and applications
• Adheres to safe coding practices from security, dependency, and risk mitigation perspectives; Identify the impacts on other modules and applications of the systems
• Assist project leadership in creating estimations of work for client projects, estimating required staffing resources, participating in interviews, and determining the project software development schedule
• Work with version control complexities including multiple concurrent branches, and multi-branch merges
• Perform unit and integration testing in a deployment environment to verify the delivered implementation meets the given requirements
• Identify gaps in testing methodology and suggest alternative solutions or framework
• Provide support for implementations to Business Analysts and Technical Support in resolving production issues and providing key contributions in resolution
  

Basic Qualifications 

• Minimum 3 years of software engineering experience.
• Strong problem solving and coding skills.
• Experience with one or more of Go, Java, Python, or C++.
• Experience with micro-service architecture and systems design.
• Experience developing backend microservices.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests for backend services.
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of data structure and algorithms and an ability to use them practically when implementing solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in computer science, related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience shipping product features on schedule.
• Experience handling production issues and debugging distributed systems.
• Experience with one of the following databases: MySQL, Cassandra.
• Familiarity with configuration targeting, automated rollbacks, or client SDK integration.
• Some experience mentoring other engineers or leading small initiatives is a plus.
• Knowledge of the logistics and freight industry is a bonus.
• Experience with React is a plus.
  

About Uber Freight  

Uber Freight is a market-leading enterprise technology company powering intelligent logistics. With a suite of end-to-end logistics applications, managed services and an expansive carrier network, Uber Freight advances supply chains and moves the world’s goods. Today, the company manages over $20 billion of freight and one of the largest networks of carriers. It is backed by best-in-class investors and provides services for 1 in 3 Fortune 500 companies, including Del Monte Foods, Nestle, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and more. For more, visit www.uberfreight.com. 

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