Staff Software Engineer

About the Role

The Financial Products team is a highly focused growth team with a mission to build out Uber's financial services. As one of the company's core strategic initiatives, the team is responsible for launching high-impact projects that push the boundaries of Uber's services and offerings and has a direct impact on the company's performance.

On this team, we build user-facing fintech products and services that interface with the entire Uber platform. We ship on a global scale and pursue strategic projects in various markets to empower Uber's business.

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

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

1. Lead and execute on web projects that span across multiple engineering teams
2. Collaborate closely with product, design, and business teams to design and implement new product ideas and business needs with a scalable solution
3. Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability
4. Play an active role in the team's technical design choices, code reviews, and documentation

---- Basic Qualifications ----

1. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
2. 7+ years working with Web technology and technical software engineering experience;
3. Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript
4. Experience developing web applications using frameworks like React or Node.js
5. Familiarity with microservices and API design
6. Architecting, building, and maintaining web applications
7. Experience with data analytics and experimental design in an engineering context.

---- Preferred Qualifications ----

1. Great sense of ownership
2. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
3. Robust understanding of client-side performance optimizations and modern browser capabilities.
4. Solid experience with modern js frameworks, such as Fusion/React.
5. Demonstrated fluency with one or more general-purpose programming languages, including: C++, Python, Java, Go, particularly as it relates to supporting front-end tooling or infrastructure.
6. Experience and interest in the broader front-end ecosystem, including build tools, testing frameworks, and state management libraries

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$223,000 per year - USD$248,000 per year.

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'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 fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity 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.

Client-provided location(s): Sunnyvale, CA

Job ID: Uber-152282

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-01-08T00:30:52