Staff Software Engineer

About the Role

Uber Courier is a product on Uber Rider app that allows any consumer to request a delivery from or to any other consumer within their city. This can be anything from sending documents for signature or returning forgotten keys. The role will work alongside a cross-functional engineering team to deliver product features on the roadmap to propel the product growth, collaborating with backend & mobile engineers, product manager, designers and data scientist.

---- What You Will Do ----

1. Provide technical direction and hands-on solving of technical problems
2. Building strategic relationships with stakeholders across teams to align and deliver on goals, including leading org-wide engineering projects through all lifecycle stages.
3. Establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with diverse internal stakeholders (e.g., engineers, product managers, designers) to drive project and organizational goals.
4. Contribute to engineering culture in terms of quality, monitoring, and on-call practices.
5. Uplevel and enhance the engineering team via mentorship, best practices, and role modeling.
6. Identify value and create efficiencies and teach others to do this as well.
7. Provide technical leadership to the full engineering team up to and including the senior level engineers.
8. Playing an active role in recruiting, interviewing, and continuously raising the hiring bar, as well as onboarding and mentoring new engineers.

---- What You Will Need ----

1. 10+ years engineering experience
2. Strong Technical Experience: Candidates require significant software engineering experience, highlighting expertise in Java, Go, or other primary programming languages.
3. System Design: Proven experience in designing scalable and efficient system architectures.
4. Problem Solving Skills: Advanced problem-solving skills, adept at complex technical challenges.
5. Coding Skills: Deep knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
6. Communication: Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts and solutions to stakeholders.
7. Leadership: Experience in leading technical projects and mentoring junior engineers.
8. Educational Background: Typically a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field

---- Preferred Qualifications ----

1. Full-stack: Expert proficiency in backend technologies and extensive experience with frontend frameworks
2. Org-wide Impact: Demonstrated ability to drive projects with org-wide scope and high impact.
3. Technical Innovation: Experience in innovating and implementing significant technical solutions.
4. API Design: Proficiency in designing robust APIs and interacting with various frontend systems.
5. Scalability Projects: Proven track record in handling scalable projects involving multi-datacenter or cloud architectures.
6. Mentorship: Experience in developing junior engineers into senior roles and enhancing their technical capabilities.
7. Cross-functional Collaboration: Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams including product managers and designers.
8. Adaptability: Comfortable working in fast-paced environments and evolving technology landscapes.

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-154321

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-01-29T19:55:32