About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Staff Software Engineer (Backend) to join the Earner Progression team and play a key role in delivering critical features that directly impact Uber's 8 Million+ Earners. We are building platforms and products for the Earners that help them progress in their journey and help them thrive and earn their maximum in the platform. As a senior individual contributor, you'll drive the technical design, implementation, and delivery of backend systems at scale. You will collaborate across product, design, DS and infrastructure teams to build reliable, secure, and performant services that power our core customer-facing features.
This is a hands-on role that requires deep backend expertise, architectural vision, and a passion for mentoring others and elevating engineering excellence.
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What the Candidate Will Do ----
- Lead the design and development of scalable backend systems and APIs that support new and existing customer-facing features.
- Own the end-to-end execution of high-impact projects-from ideation to production rollout.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, DS and frontend engineers to deliver seamless user experiences.
- Mentor and guide engineers across the team, promoting best practices in coding, design, and architecture.
- Contribute to the evolution of our backend architecture and technical strategy.
- Drive performance, reliability, and security across our backend systems.
- Conduct technical reviews, provide thoughtful feedback, and help raise the bar for engineering quality.
---- Basic Qualifications ----
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong focus on backend systems.
- Proven experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems.
- Expertise in one or more backend languages (e.g., Go, Java, Python, Ruby, Node.js).
- Deep knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
- Deep understanding of API design, database technologies (SQL and NoSQL).
- Track record of technical leadership and delivering high-impact features that serve real customer needs.
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
- Experience mentoring engineers and shaping engineering culture
---- Preferred Qualifications ----
- Experience working on Personalization products is a great plus.
- Experience with Data Engineering will be a plus.
- A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
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 Sunnyvale, CA-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.