Software Engineer II - Backend

Uber; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 171,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity award

401(k) plan

Benefits

Job summary

Uber is seeking a Software Engineer II for its Marketplace teams in San Francisco. You will design, build, and maintain backend services that power millions of riders and merchants, with a focus on reliability and scale.

You’ll own features end-to-end, collaborate with Product, Data Science, and Ops, implement tests, monitor systems, and help reduce technical debt in high-load distributed systems. This is an in-office role with flexible in-office expectations and equity/bonus opportunities.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend development, distributed systems, or data engineering.
• Proficiency in Go, Java, Python, or C++ and strong data modeling skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality backend code for moderate-complexity features.
• Build and scale infrastructure and data pipelines with attention to long-term impact.
• Own software lifecycle end-to-end, from design docs to production incident handling.
• Collaborate with Product, Data Science, and Ops to translate requirements into system designs.
• Provide quality code reviews, comprehensive tests, and performance improvements.
• Navigate internal dependencies and ensure production reliability.

Skills

Go

Java

Python

C++

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

About the role and team

Engineering at Uber means building for real-world impact under real-world constraints. As a Software Engineer II on the Marketplace teams, you will build innovative products and scalable systems that power hundreds of millions of consumers and millions of merchants around the world, and that footprint is expanding rapidly. Whether you are scaling distributed marketplace systems or building high-performance data pipelines, you will be solving complex challenges at the intersection of low latency, high correctness, and massive scale.

What you’ll do

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality code for features of moderate complexity and projects with multiple dependencies.
• Build and scale foundational infrastructure and data pipelines, balancing technical debt and shifting priorities while keeping long-term impact in mind.
• Own the software lifecycle end-to-end, from drafting design docs to debugging production issues and managing incidents independently.
• Collaborate across disciplines - including Product, Data Science, and Ops - to translate ambiguous requirements into simple, elegant system designs.
• Champion engineering best practices by providing quality code reviews, creating comprehensive tests, and improving system performance.
• Navigate internal complexity and stakeholder inquiries to unblock dependencies and ensure the reliability of our production environment.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend development, distributed systems, or data engineering.
• Proficiency in one or more object-oriented or functional programming languages (e.g., Go, Java, Python, or C++).
• Experience with data modeling, query optimization, and translating customer problems into system design.
• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience writing tests to verify functionality and establishing monitoring systems to ensure code stability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience identifying and reducing code-level technical debt in high-load distributed systems.
• Background in mentoring new team members and contributing to engineering culture.
• Proficiency with Big Data frameworks (e.g., Spark, Flink) or real-time data streaming (e.g., Kafka).

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $171,000 per year - USD $190,000 per year.

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.

Ready to Ride?

This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook — it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves — we'd love to hear from you.

You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.

Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity 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.