Staff Software Engineer (Backend) - Rider Pricing and Incentives

About the position

This role sits within the Rider Pricing & Incentives team, which focuses on providing algorithmically computing rider prices in real-time, and growing demand on the Uber platform with Rider promotions. This team plays a critical role in Uber's business and directly impacts its success. The role is focused on backend work in collaboration with machine learning engineers, applied scientists, and product managers across teams and orgs. You'll work on some of Uber's most strategic marketplace challenges at a global scale. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of Uber's Rides marketplace and make a direct impact on the business.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and improve systems and products used by millions of members, in collaboration with a team of talented engineers, Product Managers, and Designers.
• Write high-quality code and uphold standards for testing and coverage.
• Align the team on solutions to ambiguous problems and analyze the tradeoffs of different technical solutions.
• Contribute to engineering cultivation in terms of quality, monitoring, and on-call practices.
• Mentor and coach other engineers.
• Find opportunities to improve how our team operates and promote standard processes.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience delivering, scaling, and owning highly successful and innovative software products.
• Proven record of engineering and coding skills. Ability to write high-performance production-quality code. Experience in Go, Python, Java, or other equivalent languages.
• Perseverance to get things done with a focus on shipping online production systems.
• A deep love of building elegant, maintainable, well-documented code.
• Drive to always learn new things and go above and beyond the call of duty.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to problem-solving.

Nice-to-haves

• Highly efficient coding in Golang, Java, or any similar languages.
• Comfortable dealing with system complexity.
• Strong background in data analytics tools such as Hive or similar.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and testing frameworks.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, with experience in mentoring and guiding junior engineers.
• Proven experience of shipping high-quality product features on schedule and with high velocity.
• Great sense of ownership.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, to articulate complex ideas to various stakeholders.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program.
• May be offered an equity award & other types of compensation.
• Eligible for various benefits.