Staff Software Engineer - Uber Eats Job at Uber, San Francisco, CA

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  • Uber
  • San Francisco, CA

Job Description

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Merchandising Team, you’ll be at the intersection of technology, operations, and consumer experience, building the platform that powers in-app merchandising and promotions for millions of users worldwide. This role connects the knowledge and expertise of Uber’s global and local operations teams with Uber’s vast consumer base, ensuring that every shopping experience is not only seamless but also locally relevant and engaging. Our mission is to enable scaled human curation—leveraging powerful tools, automation, and consumer-facing UX to deliver an editorialized, localized, and culturally relevant shopping experience. Whether it’s surfacing seasonal must-haves, ensuring regulatory-compliant promotions, or tailoring offers to local preferences, we bridge the gap between merchants and consumers, helping both thrive. What the Candidate Will Do: Work closely with Product, Design, Machine Learning, and Data Science teams to craft compelling ad experiences. Influence long-term technical roadmap, architecture decisions, and engineering best practices for the Consumer Experience Org. Provide technical leadership, mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of excellence and innovation. Collaborate with engineers, Product Managers, and Designers to execute on the roadmap. Enhance engineering quality, monitoring, and on-call practices while driving best practices. Lead and contribute to wider organizational efforts across Delivery and Uber. Identify opportunities for efficiency and value creation, teaching others to do the same. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Minimum 10 years of software engineering experience, with expertise in scaling products from inception to millions of users globally. Experience acting as a technical role model and force multiplier, leading peer engineers, providing hands-on coaching and mentorship. Strong proficiency in Java, Scala, Python, or Golang for backend development. Expertise in distributed systems and micro-services architecture. Preferred Qualifications: Track record of leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineers in high-growth environments. Experience in the merchandising field. Hands-on experience in A/B testing and experimentation platforms. Experience working with streaming frameworks like Kafka, Flink, or Spark for real-time data processing. Experience with SQL, NoSQL databases, caching, and large-scale storage solutions. Excellent problem-solving, system design, and leadership skills. Resilience, determination, ownership mindset, and a keen appetite for collaborative efforts. Experience owning the long-term technical vision and strategy for a team. Experience working at large companies (10k+) Experience working with distributed teams. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$223,000 per year - USD$248,000 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$223,000 per year - USD$248,000 per year. For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link . Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form . Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role. #J-18808-Ljbffr Uber

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