Senior Software Engineer

About the Role

As part of the Merchant Onboarding team, You will be leading the technical strategy and build product features while revamping the existing experience.

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

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

1. Lead the technical direction and architecture of our backend systems.
2. Ensure the operational health and performance of our services.
3. Drive the design and implementation of foundational features and technical direction
4. Be responsible for team's operational metrics
5. Enable effective experimentation, user behavior tracking, and engaging user experiences through front-end solutions.
6. Mentor and technically guide front-end engineers.
7. Foster best practices in backend development and provide thoughtful feedback.
8. Partner with product and design teams to translate vision and requirements into scalable and high-quality solutions.
9. Help interview and recruit more talented front-end engineers to Uber.

---- Basic Qualifications ----

1. BS or MS degree in computer science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
2. 6+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer with a strong focus on backend.
3. Extensive experience leading the architecture and development of complex, large-scale applications.
4. Expert-level proficiency in golang, java or similar.
5. Proven experience building data-driven features by analyzing user behavior, conducting A/B tests, and iterating on solutions.
6. Excellent problem solving, architecture, and design pattern skills.
7. Deep care for the quality, accessibility, and performance of the user interfaces you and your team build.
8. Exceptional technical communication and collaboration skills.

---- Preferred Qualifications ----

1. 6+ years of professional experience as a Software Engineer, leading teams
2. Excellent problem solving, backend architecture and design skills.
3. Deep care for the quality, accessibility, and performance of the services you and your team build.
4. Exceptional technical communication and collaboration skills.

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 fuelds progress. What moves us, moves the world - let’s move it forward, together.

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.

*Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@uber.com.