Staff Software Engineer

About the Role

The Marketplace Fares Team powers global fares for all of Uber - that's all riders, drivers, eaters, new initiatives and technical consumers. Tens of billions of dollars in gross bookings flow through the systems and experiences within our responsibility. Our scope and critical work spans the entire stack - from platform fare calculation for riders and drivers, to data science prediction of transparent upfront prices, to compelling mobile fare experiences for our customers. Fares is a full stack team with two product-centric tracks (Rider Fares & Driver Fares) and multiple platform-centric tracks (Fares Platform, Intelligence, Experiences, and Solutions). On this team, you'll work closely with product, operations, data science, and engineering teams throughout the company.

As a backend engineer you will make an impact in the real world using exciting and new technology. You will work on a fast-paced solutions oriented marketplace team, looking to build robust and powerful features that power the critical internal configuration platform for Fares @ Uber. Your ability to work closely with other specialists, product managers, and product operations teams will bring the best experiences possible in an exciting environment.

What the Candidate Will Do

As a member of the Marketplace Fares team, you will be doing just that: building out and growing our powerful Fares systems to help build features and drive key new product launches at Uber.

- You will be responsible for development of our platform framework infrastructure and libraries to improve user experience.

- You will have a deep understanding of the problems our platform solves for. You will also get to work with many different parts of the company in helping drive projects that impact millions of customers.

- Mentoring junior team members

Basic Qualifications

- 8+ years of total software development experience

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Systems or a similar field

- Experience in crafting and developing large scale distributed systems and scalable backend services using a microservices architecture

- Strong language skills using Go, Java, C++, C, and/or Python

Preferred Qualifications

- High bar for quality as shown by code reviews, documentation, unit and integration testing

- Master's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Systems or a similar field or equivalent practical experience

- Background in payments/FinTech engineering

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$218,000 per year - USD$242,000 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](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](https://forms.gle/aDWTk9k6xtMU25Y5A).

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.