Senior Staff Software Engineer - Financial Products (Backend)

Uber; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 257,000 - 285,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Participation in Uber's bonus program

Equity award

Various employee benefits

Job summary

Uber is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer (Backend) for its Financial Products team in Sunnyvale, CA. The role involves collaborating with product, design, and business teams to implement scalable solutions. Ideal candidates will have over 10 years of experience, a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, and proficiency in programming languages such as GO, Java, or C++. The position offers a competitive base salary between USD$257,000 - USD$285,500, eligibility for bonus programs, and various employee benefits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of full-time Software Engineering experience.
• Experience building scalable critical systems.
• Experience leading and building resilient distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, design, and business teams for scalable solutions.
• Drive best practices in code health and testing.
• Be the technical lead responsible for design choices and code reviews.

Skills

GO

Java

C++

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field

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

Job description

About the Role

The Financial Products team is looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer (Backend) to join its highly focused growth team with a mission to build out Uber’s financial services. As one of the company’s core strategic initiatives, the team is responsible for launching high-impact projects that push the boundaries of Uber's services and offerings and has a direct impact on the company's performance.

What the Candidate Will Do

1. Collaborate closely with product, design, and business teams to design and implement new product ideas and business needs with scalable solutions and frameworks
2. Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability
3. Technical lead responsible for the team's technical design choices, code reviews, and reliability.

Basic Qualifications

1. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field
2. 10+ year full-time Software Engineering work experience
3. Programming language (GO, Java, C++)

Preferred Qualifications

1. Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field
2. Experience building high scalable critical system
3. Experience leading and building resilient distributed systems
4. Experience building financial services software e.g. trading, lending, credit card, payments.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$257,000 per year - USD$285,500 per year.

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 https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.

Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.

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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.