Real-Time Pricing Systems Lead

Uber; New York (NY); On-site; USD 202,000 - 224,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Equity

401(k) plan

Job summary

Uber is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Eater Real Time Pricing team in New York. You will own real-time surge pricing algorithms and forecasting, delivering signals that feed into matching, courier pricing, and promotions.

You’ll work on high-throughput, low-latency production services, influence product roadmap through collaboration with data science, and mentor peers while driving architectural excellence under pressure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend development, distributed systems, or real-time data processing.
• Proficiency in one or more object-oriented or functional programming languages (e.g., Go, Java, Python).
• Track record of leading the design and delivery of complex, multi-quarter projects across team boundaries.
• Experience designing and operating high-throughput, low-latency production services.
• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of major surge pricing and forecasting workstreams end-to-end — from ambiguous problem statement through architecture, rollout, and measurable marketplace impact.
• Set technical direction for real-time pricing systems that serve decision signals to matching, courier pricing, and other downstream consumers at high throughput and low latency.
• Drive engineering rigor across the team: design reviews, operational excellence, and systems that degrade gracefully under extreme demand — and be a calm, decisive presence when production is on the line.
• Partner closely with Applied Science, Product, and Ops to turn models and marketplace insight into robust production systems, and to influence roadmap direction without formal authority.
• Mentor and grow engineers through code review, design guidance, and technical leadership by example.
• Identify and pay down structural technical debt, balancing long-term system health against a fast-moving business.

Skills

Go/Java/Python

Distributed systems

Real-time data processing

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Job description

Uber is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Eater Real Time Pricing team in New York. You will own real-time surge pricing algorithms and forecasting, delivering signals that feed into matching, courier pricing, and promotions.

You’ll work on high-throughput, low-latency production services, influence product roadmap through collaboration with data science, and mentor peers while driving architectural excellence under pressure.