Staff Software Engineer - Search Platform

Uber Technologies Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 171,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity award

401(k) plan

Various employee benefits

Job summary

Uber Technologies Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer for the Fulfillment Shopping team to build the next generation of product discovery, planning, and order checkout platforms across Uber's 1P, 3P, and SaaS customers.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and operations leaders to deliver high-impact features, scale distributed systems, and drive improvements in efficiency and partner experience across the marketplace.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong fundamentals: OOD, data structures, algorithms, problem solving, complexity.
• Proficient in Golang, Java, C#, or C++.
• Experience with distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in a team with ownership over projects.
• Work on fulfillment and product lines for 1P, 3P, SaaS customers.
• Design, develop and deliver high-quality features with accountability.
• Define project requirements and execution plans with managers and product managers.
• Ensure scalable and resilient system designs that minimize support costs.

Skills

Distributed systems

Golang

Java

C++

OO design

Data structures

Problem-solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

MS / Ph.D. in Computer Science (preferred)

Job description

About the Role

The Fulfillment platform is thefoundation powering the logistics behind fulfilling user orders from any Uber app. It operates life cycles of orders, trips, drivers, eaters, and other user sessions when they interact with Uber. These interactions arereal-time and high-scale when millions of concurrent riders, drivers, and eaters are using Uber. We support both Uber Rider businesses (pool, airports, hourly rentals, intercity trips, reservations, package delivery, uber health) and Uber Delivery businesses (groceries, uber eats, delivery API).

Our tech challenges are in both the business layer (data modeling of complex products, building reusable higher order business APIs to share across products) and the Infrastructure layer (storing high write & transient data, language framework, search & ranking, events & data streaming systems)

We are looking for a Software Engineer for the Fulfillment Shopping team to help build our next generation of product discovery, planning, and order checkout platforms. Over the next few years, this team will be innovating with new offerings like car rentals, third-party drivers, package deliveries, and reenvisioning the entire shopping and checkout flow for Uber. This is a high-impact role where you will partner with Engineering, Product, and Ops leaders across the company to launch new products as well as improve the overall efficiency of the marketplace.

You can get a glimpse of the work we do in Fulfillment

• https://eng.uber.com/fulfillment-platform-rearchitecture/
• https://eng.uber.com/building-ubers-fulfillment-platform/

Basic Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• At least 4+ years of professional experience in software development.
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, including object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem-solving, and complexity analysis.
• Proficient in at least one programming language, such as Golang, Java, C#, or C++.
• Experience working with distributed systems.
• Effective communication skills to interact with engineers, technical teams, and senior management to gather requirements, and describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy.

Preferred Qualifications

• MS / Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience managing production systems with a strong availability SLA.
• Knowledgeable in software engineering best practices throughout the entire software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Experience working with large-scale distributed systems

What the Candidate Will Do

• Collaborate in a team environment with significant ownership and autonomy over projects.
• Work on the next phase of fulfillment and product lines for our 1P, 3P, and SaaS customers, addressing significant organizational-level challenges that impact Uber's operations.
• Design, develop and deliver high-quality features promptly with accountability.
• Partner with engineering managers, product managers, and other engineering teams to define project requirements and execution plans.
• Ensure that system designs, including APIs, architecture, and dependency selection, result in scalable, resilient solutions that minimize support costs and enhance the partner experience.

For New York City, NY-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.