Staff Software Engineer U4B

About the role

Staff engineers at Uber have a deep impact across a wide variety of business and technology decisions spanning multiple projects and locations. They are passionate and pragmatic technologists who are able to design scalable systems while delivering efficient code. They are not only collaborative role models but also approachable thought leaders with vision within a larger group. They are humble teachers, technically mentoring a team of hardworking engineers while also executing on delivering uniquely exciting projects.

Uber for Business (U4B) enables organizations of all sizes to leverage the power of Uber. We serve businesses across the globe on their transportation, delivery, and logistics needs and are a key strategic vector for Uber at large. Within U4B, U4B APIs are a critical channel to integrate Uber products with our enterprise partners.

We are looking for someone with a passion for architecting, building, coding and scaling highly-available, mission critical external facing API platforms for our enterprise partners.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced engineer who has a healthy sense of curiosity, and acts with a responsibility to join Uber, work with hardworking people across the board, technically lead the engineering team, set technical vision/roadmap and execute to scale.

We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward together.

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

- Actively seek out the engineering and business problems, tackle them with little to no mentorship.

- Take the larger vision or challenge and break it down into strategies and plans including trade-offs, convergence, and closure across teams required to realize the vision.

- Be a role model on acting with good judgment and responsibility. Engineers across the organization will look to you on how best to plan and execute on projects

- Improving standard methodologies, producing best in class of code, documentation, testing and monitoring

- Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable and reliable backend systems

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, business development teams, and drive technical vision to scale systems for growing business needs

- Drive continuous improvement in system architecture and operational excellence, with a focus on reliability, security, performance, scalability, and maintainability

- Stay current with the latest technologies and industry trends, evaluating and integrating new tools and methodologies as appropriate.

\\-\\-\\-\\- Basic Qualifications ----

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience

- 9+ years of experience in professional software development with detailed inside-out knowledge of any of the general programming languages e.g. Java, Go, C/C++, Python

- 5+ years of experience in the design and solution of distributed systems operating at scale

- Passion for driving continual improvement initiatives on engineering standard methodologies including coding, testing and monitoring.

- Solid technical leadership abilities, and comfortable working with various stakeholders to ensure adoption/impact

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write detailed technical documents

- Passionate about helping teams grow by inspiring and mentoring engineers.

\\-\\-\\-\\- Preferred Qualifications ----

- Master's or PhD degree in in Computer Science or a related field

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$218,000 per year - USD$242,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$218,000 per year - USD$242,000 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. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link [https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits](https://www.uber.com/careers/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://forms.gle/aDWTk9k6xtMU25Y5A).

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.