About the Role
More than 7 million drivers globally rely on Uber as their primary and flexible earnings source! To deliver on our value proposition as a flexible earnings platform, it is critical we reliably and clearly communicate what has been, and could be, earned to each and every driver on the platform. Information about earnings is the foundation by which drivers are able to set and track their goals and make tradeoffs about when and where to drive
At Uber, the earner experience org is focused on building magical experience for earners and within the org is progression charter that enables Earners to grow within the Uber platform based on various factors. Subscription is a key business bet within the progression charters aimed at improving the earning potential of the earners.
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As a Senior Software Engineer in the Subscription team you will have an opportunity to build technologies that enable innovative and complex business models to improve earnings and Uber's business.
What You'll Do
- Lead and drive complex business problems or product vision, help in preparing a roadmap and translate it into executable technical design to solve the problem or realize the product vision
- Solve challenging and interesting engineering problems for Uber
- Be a coach and mentor for both our talented team members. Deal with a difference in opinions in a mature and fair way, helping teams to commit and move forward
- Produce high quality code that is robust, efficient and maintainable; our primary languages are Java and Go
- Demonstrate technical skills to go very deep or broad in solving classes of problems or creating broadly leverageable solutions
- Collaborate with other talented team members within your group, smart technologists across product lines, to responsible leaders across Uber
- Executes and contributes to the management of the end-to-end delivery of well-defined technical projects and solutions
What You'll Need
- 6+ years of backend software engineering experience with Strong CS fundamentals
- Extensive software design and development skills Ability to learn, and adapt to new technologies and contribute in a productive environment
- Expertise in one or more object oriented programming languages (e.g. Java, Golang, Python).
- Experience with production-quality services, deployment, monitoring, and reliability
- Background in distributed storage and database systems (SQL or NoSQL, e.g. MySQL, Cassandra)
- Ability to decompose complex problems into clean, extensible, performant services and systems
- Self-driven to identify opportunities to make things better and efficient
- Thoughtfulness. High adaptability. A willingness to learn
- Experience mentoring team members & being a trusted advisor
- A team player attitude. You believe that you can achieve more on a team - that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. You rely on others' candid feedback for continuous improvement and you help others by returning the favor
Bonus points
- You have prior experience working on features end-to-end, including frontend, backend and database
- Background in building high performance, scalable distributed systems
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world 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.