About the Role
As we navigate this exciting path, we face unique engineering puzzles:
- How do we ensure every Uber customer – from riders to eaters to merchants – enjoys a safe, clear, and truly magical experience , all without a human driver?
- What makes people embrace AVs? How do we build trust and excitement around these new, driverless experiences?
- How do we guarantee a rider's autonomous trip is always safe, informative, and reliable , from the moment of pickup to drop-off, even without a person behind the wheel?
Here’s what you’ll be doing:
- Crafting a strategic roadmap that cements Uber's leadership as the go-to platform for autonomous ridesharing.
- Overseeing the full lifecycle of multiple projects across different business areas, leveraging your deep understanding of user experience, marketplace dynamics, and platform versatility to hit key metrics.
- Delivering new products and revolutionary paradigms that consistently boost our KPIs, all while keeping our platform rock-solid.
- Developing cutting-edge tech that not only prepares Uber for future autonomous vehicle innovations but also makes a wider impact across the entire company.
- - - - Basic Qualifications ----
- 3+ years of backend engineering expertise.
- Skilled in a core programming language (e.g., C, C++, Java, Python, or Go).
- A strong foundation in product development .
- - - - Preferred Qualifications ----
- Proven track record with rapid, metrics-driven product iterations , always prioritizing reliability.
- Extensive experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems and scalable backend services using a microservices approach to support fast-moving products.
- Comfortable and experienced working in rapidly evolving, pioneering fields .
- A background in the transportation or autonomous vehicle industry would be a plus.
- Experience creating flexible, modular solutions that serve a variety of clients and use cases.
- Deep experience applying Operations Research and Machine Learning to product engineering.
- A knack for navigating complex cross-functional environments , collaborating effectively with business, legal, operations, and technical project management teams to achieve consensus.
- Experience working closely with external engineering partners and their cross-functional teams.
- Any experience with enterprise mobile engineering .
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