Engineering Manager II

About the Role

About Us

Our team's mission is to deliver highly reliable, scalable systems for tax calculation across multiple lines of business-Rides, Eats, Ads, Membership, and others -ensuring both compliance and efficiency. We own indirect and direct tax flows of Uber, alongside self-serve tooling capabilities that enable business agility at scale.

Why Join Us

1. Impact at Scale: Your work will directly influence how millions of customers across the globe experience seamless and compliant transactions.
2. Complex, High-Visibility Challenges: You'll operate at the intersection of business, technology, and regulation, solving some of the most nuanced problems in tax systems.
3. Cross-Functional Collaboration: You'll partner with diverse teams across product, finance, legal, and operations, shaping solutions that drive business growth and compliance simultaneously.
4. Team Growth & Leadership: You'll have the opportunity to grow a strong engineering team, set long-term technical direction, and foster a culture of excellence and ownership.

Role Overview

As an Engineering Manager II, you will guide the technical strategy, lead teams through complex business and engineering challenges, and directly shape the global financial integrity of our platform.

1. You will lead and mentor a team of engineers in developing backend systems and services.
2. You will work closely with product managers, tax managers, tax operations, and cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and reliable solutions.

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

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

1. Lead and grow a team of engineers building tax calculation services, self-serve tools, and regression testing frameworks.
2. Define and execute the technical strategy across multiple business lines and complex regulatory domains.
3. Collaborate closely with product, finance, legal, and operations to deliver accurate, compliant, and scalable tax solutions.
4. Manage escalations from senior leadership with composure, providing clear communication and timely resolution.
5. Mentor, coach, and develop engineers while cultivating a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and collaboration.

---- Basic Qualifications ----

1. 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in engineering management roles.
2. Strong technical foundation in distributed systems, financial systems, or other large-scale backend services.
3. Demonstrated success in delivering high-quality solutions while managing cross-functional dependencies.

---- Preferred Qualifications ----

1. Experience driving architecture and long-term technical strategy for mission-critical systems.
2. Track record of building developer tooling, self-serve platforms, or scalable automation frameworks.
3. Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to handle executive-level escalations under pressure.
4. Background in fintech, payments, tax, or compliance-heavy domains.

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.

Client-provided location(s): Hyderabad, India

Job ID: Uber-148110

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-09-13T00:23:54