Uber

Sr Software Engineer

Uber$242K — $246K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field required.
  • Minimum six years of progressive experience in relevant roles.
  • Proven expertise in managing partitioned databases.
  • Familiarity with handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data following privacy standards.
  • Experience with microservices and event-driven architectural patterns.
  • Skilled in building high-velocity, distributed backend systems.
  • Proficient in programming with Golang, Java, and Python.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and test software systems on the document platform.
  • Evaluate and design document lifecycle management solutions.
  • Review code and improve development processes.
  • Analyze and communicate feature development status and risks.
  • Diagnose issues related to document state and workflows.
  • Work independently on specific feature areas of the platform.
  • Contribute to platform enhancements and demonstrate leadership.

Benefits

  • Participation in Uber's bonus program.
  • Eligibility for various additional benefits.
Full Job Description
Job Description

What you'll do
  • Develop and test software systems within the documents platform.
  • Evaluate requirements for document lifecycle management features, estimate development costs, and design/implement solutions for document authentication, validation, and time-based workflows.
  • Review code design and implementation, improve development processes, and perform unit testing across data access, business logic, and API layers.
  • Communicate status on feature development, analyze technical risks and trade-offs (e.g., data consistency, synchronous vs asynchronous processing patterns), and integrate components into the larger platform ecosystem.
  • Diagnose and resolve issues related to document state transitions, workflow execution, and data migrations.
  • Work autonomously on specific feature areas such as document action scheduling, validity management, metadata handling, or status synchronization.
  • Contribute broadly to the platform and demonstrate emerging technical leadership.
  • May be assigned to various initiatives across the document management domain, from early feature scoping and API design through detailed implementation, testing, and production rollout phases.
  • May telecommute.

Basic Qualifications
  • Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering (Any), Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics, or related field, followed by six years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
  • Position requires:
    • Working with partitioned databases;
    • Computer Science fundamentals;
    • Experience in handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data, and building systems that can adhere to privacy and Personal data handling standards;
    • Building products using microservices and event-driven architectures;
    • Building large scale, distributed backend systems, with high iteration velocity;
    • Programming languages such as Golang, Java, and Python;
    • Software design and development skills;
    • Working in an agile engineering environment.


Rate of Pay: $242,600 to $246,000 per Year

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered 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.

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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Learn more about Uber
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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