Uber

Sr Software Engineer (Payments/Money Platform)

Uber$202K — $224K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science with 8+ years of experience in complex distributed systems.
  • Strong problem-solving and coding skills proven through academic or research projects.
  • Solid understanding of computer architecture and CS fundamentals.
  • Experience in software development processes including design, planning, implementation, and documentation.
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams.
  • Passionate about learning new technologies and challenging the status quo.
  • Exhibits grit, drive, and a strong sense of ownership while fostering collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Develop backend solutions for the payments platform tailored to various Uber business lines.
  • Create data pipelines and model data to meet reporting and ML feature requests.
  • Collaborate with teams to anticipate and implement platform features needed for new product launches.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve customer issues by coordinating closely with other teams.
  • Ensure the reliability and maintainability of code used across the company.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on mission-critical systems with stringent availability requirements.
  • Access to a collaborative environment that fosters innovative problem-solving.
  • Exposure to complex challenges in a scalable system.
  • Chance to impact various lines of businesses within the dynamic Uber ecosystem.
Full Job Description
About the Role

Uber's Commerce Engineering group is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the infrastructure for orders and payments that enables all lines of businesses across Uber to conduct business. All commerce in and out of Uber flows through these mission-critical systems. With strict 4 9's availability requirements, this is one of our largest scalable systems and the complex day-to-day interactions require careful coordination from engineers that have a deep sense of quality, security, and ingenuity.

The Money Platform team owns the lifecycle of money movement for all orders (ridesharing trips, freight loads, eats orders, etc.) from beginning to end. As a critical central platform, we straddle the line between infrastructure and product in such a way that we solve deep technical challenges, at scale, in problem domains that are specific to Uber's business.

As a backend engineer on the Money Platform, you'll be writing reliable and maintainable code that teams across the company rely on while collaborating extensively with those teams to anticipate the platform features required to enable them to launch new and innovative products.

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

1. Work on payments platform as a backend engineer creating solutions catering to Uber's different lines of businesses
2. Work on creating data pipelines and data modeling to address business asks around reporting and ML model feature creation
3. Support and resolve customer issues by working closely with other teams

\-\-\-\- Basic Qualifications ----

Bachelor's or Master Degree in Computer Science with 8+ years of experience working on complex distributed systems

\- Sound understanding of computer architecture and CS fundamentals.

\- Strong problem solving and coding skills demonstrated by solid academic or research projects

\- Experience with Software Development processes such as design, planning, implementation, maintenance & documentation Demonstrated experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams

\- Passion for learning new technologies, domains, and challenging the status quo.

\- Grit, drive and a strong feeling of ownership coupled with collaboration.

\-\-\-\- Preferred Qualifications ----

Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science or affiliated faculty.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$202,000 per year - USD$224,000 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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