Uber Staff Software Engineer - Shared Rides 

United States, West Virginia 

261855467

About the Role:

You will play a crucial role in developing a product which can achieve this lower cost while providing Riders with a predictable and defect-free experience which also generates sustainable earnings for Drivers and Uber.

This role will focus on developing and optimizing the algorithms and systems that:

• match supply (drivers) and demand (riders) in real-time
• predict future demand from historic data or encourage future demand via scheduling
• utilize future demand to provide optimizations over real-time matching
• set a price-point which is affordable for riders and provides sustainable earnings to drivers and Uber
• integrate with Uber's rider and driver mobile experiences to communicate the value proposition from Sharing, as well as realistically set expectations for and economy product.

What the You Will Do:

• Design, develop, and deploy systems/platform/algorithms to solve complex business problems and improve product performance
• Collaborate with applied/data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to understand requirements, define project goals, and deliver high-quality solutions
• Deliver and review technical design, code and documentation
• Drive ongoing efficiency and reliability improvements through design and automation: availability, performance, scaling, monitoring and capacity.
• Tackle sophisticated technical challenges involving multiple technology stacks
• Mentor and support your fellow team members
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive best practices in data management, data quality, and service deployment
• Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, and advancements in software engineering

Basic Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
• 7+ years of experience in professional software development experience, developing and deploying systems in production environments
• Deep knowledge in Go or Java
• Expertise in backend development, distributed systems, designing highly scalable systems

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with ML models (productionizing, scoping, analysis)
• Experience with Data engineering

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$218,000 per year - USD$242,000 per year.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$218,000 per year - USD$242,000 per year.