Uber

Engineering Manager II - Courier

Uber$232K — $258K *
Transportation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years as an engineering manager with experience launching successful products
  • 8+ years writing production software in large-scale distributed systems
  • Strong computer science fundamentals for technical decision-making
  • Proficiency in programming languages like Python, Scala, Java, or Go
  • Commitment to maintaining quality, reliability, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with PM, design, and engineering leads to build and execute the roadmap
  • Foster a startup culture and promote ownership and accountability in the team
  • Build strong relationships with upstream and downstream teams for shared goals
  • Understand team strengths and coach members for career development
  • Ensure high reliability and efficiency in fulfilling every order.

Benefits

  • Eligibility to participate in Uber's bonus program
  • Potential equity awards and other compensation types
  • A range of various employee benefits
Full Job Description
About the Role

Uber Courier :

Courier is one of the fastest growing businesses at Uber. It is an on-demand C2C package delivery service used by small businesses and consumers.We have recently crossed 1B in ARR and are still scratching the surface.The product is very popular in Brazil & India and has a lot of headroom to grow in EMEA and US&C. Aside from core send & receive packages workflows, the product has many other use cases such as Store pick-ups, returns, intercity deliveries ( in Brazil) etc as well as we are piloting new initiatives such as XL & high value item deliveries. The tech team is spread across US & India.

Fulfillment EM

As you can imagine, fulfillment is the backbone for a package delivery service. Our north star is that every item should be delivered on time with 100% reliability. We have a lot of work to get there. As an EM for this pod, your role is to ensure we price the product portfolio appropriately , meet customer's promises in terms of ETA/ETD, bring transparency across post trip experience for consumers & earners, build simple yet elegant support workflows and most importantly fulfill every order with high reliability & efficiency.

What the Candidate Will Do:

- Work closely with the PM, design and other eng leads to build an ambitious roadmap and execute with a sense of urgency.
- Embrace the startup culture and build a high degree of ownership & accountability in your team leading by example.
- Build strong relationships with many upstream and downstream teams - earner, matching pricing, payments etc to collaborate on shared goals.
- Thoroughly understand strengths and development areas for the team members, coach them to reach their full potential and grow their careers by providing impactful business opportunities.

Basic Qualifications:

- 3+ years of experience as an engineering manager having launched many successful products, led the team through technology migrations, introduced new processes to streamline execution & collaboration etc.
- 8+ years of experience writing production software in large scale distributed systems.
- Strong computer science fundamentals to help make the right technical decisions & tradeoffs for long term sustainable growth while allowing room for rapid experimentation.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Scala, Java, or Go
- Proficiency in upholding high standards of quality, reliability, and operational excellence through efficient review processes and data-driven improvements.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Strong ML background with experience in developing and deploying pricing algorithms for multi-sided real-time marketplaces
- Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment; Strong preference for previous experience in a startup.
- Clear communicator with the ability to motivate the team and influence the stakeholders to align on goals.
- Ph.D., M.S. or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or Operations Research, or equivalent technical background with exceptional demonstrated impact.

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$232,000 per year - USD$258,000 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link [https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits](https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits).

About Uber

Uber Entertainment, Inc. is a privately held video game development company headquartered in beautiful downtown Kirkland, WA. Uber is currently developing Planetary Annihilation, a next generation real time strategy game of epic proportions.

Uber Careers

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Size
29,300 employees
Market Cap
$48.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$6.7 billion
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
+35.3%
Revenue
$11.1 billion
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