About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Software Engineer to join our Mobility Matching team at Uber. You will play a crucial role in developing and optimizing algorithms and systems that match supply (drivers) with demand (riders) in real-time. You will work on complex problems, leveraging data and build systems/platform/algorithms to ensure efficient and reliable marketplace matching. Your contributions will directly impact the experience of millions of users worldwide. This specific role is for Supply Heterogeneity team, i.e., support matching in a hybrid marketplace including various supply classes such Autonomous Vehicles (AV), fleet, taxis, uber IOs, etc. The focus is to invest in both Ifoundational projects as well as vertical support for core AV matching (Waymo DP2 integration), hailables/taxis reliability, fleets matching, etc.
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The team is broadly part of the Marketplace (PIMS) org, a central pillar to Uber's core technology which includes pricing, incentives/investments, matching, surge, etc. for both mobility and delivery. As the key brain of the company, we are the decision makers that make moving from point A to point B possible for every trip or order that Uber serves, from UberX to Eats to new verticals such as grocery. Within the org, we're part of Matching and Driver Pricing teams - which are critical to the company's success as it manages the complex dynamics of supply and demand, optimizes matching algorithms, and continuously innovates to enhance the overall user experience for both riders and drivers. Improvements in these systems increase revenue in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and decrease wasted time of drivers and users.
What You Will Do:
Partners with stakeholders and leads team efforts to build and maintain backend services and solutions to support user-facing products, downstream services, or infrastructure tools and platforms used across Uber.
Basic Qualifications:
- PhD or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field OR 5-years full-time Software Engineering work experience, WHICH INCLUDES 2-years total technical software engineering experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Programming language (e.g. C, C++, Java, Python, or Go)
- Note the 2-years total of specialized software engineering experience may have been gained through education and full-time work experience, additional training, coursework, research, or similar (OR some combination of these). The years of specialized experience are not necessarily in addition to the years of Education & full-time work experience indicated.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Product engineering
- Scalability engineering
- Distributed systems
Team specific preferred requirements:
- Masters or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
- 6+ years of experience in in professional software development experience, developing and deploying systems in production environments
- Experience building and iterating on code review (Phabricator, GitHub), automation test infrastructure (unit, integration, E2E), and build systems (Bazel / buck)
- Strong knowledge of backend development, distributed systems
- Strong motivation to grow and continuously develop new skills
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are necessary to tackle complex challenges
For Canada-based roles: The base salary range for this role is CAD$189,000 per year - CAD$210,000 per year.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$223,000 per year - USD$248,000 per year.
For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$223,000 per year - USD$248,000 per year.
For all US locations, 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 the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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.
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.