About the role:
Collaborates with stakeholders within the team to build and maintain backend services and solutions to support user-facing products, downstream services, or infrastructure tools and platforms used across Uber.
About the Team:

• Uber Ads' vision is to connect our platform's users (eaters, riders and earners) with businesses in the most relevant, engaging, useful and delightful ways.
• Uber Advertising was bootstrapped in 2020 and is on track to attain $1B in ad revenue by 2024.
• The Ad Verticals Engineering group is responsible for building Uber's various ad offerings (https://www.uber.com/us/en/advertising/)

Role:
As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building and scaling some of Uber's ad offerings.
Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field OR 1-year full-time Software Engineering work experience, WHICH INCLUDES 1-year total technical software engineering experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Programming language (e.g. C, C++, Java, Python, or Go)
• Note the 1-year total of specialized software engineering experience may have been gained through education and full-time work experience, additional training, coursework, research, or similar (OR some combination of these). The year of specialized experience is not necessarily in addition to the years of Education & full-time work experience indicated.

Technical skills:
Preferred:

• Scalability engineering
• Distributed systems

What the Candidate Will Need:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend systems and services
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of engineering best practices
• Debug and troubleshoot complex issues across multiple systems
• Collaborate with other teams to identify and resolve system bottlenecks
• Ensure that systems are secure and data is protected
• Stay up-to-date with new technologies and methodologies related to backend development

---- Basic Qualifications ---

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 3+ years of experience in software development with a focus on backend systems
• Strong experience with Java, Go, or a similar programming language
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of engineering best practices
• Collaborate with other teams to identify and resolve system bottlenecks
• Ensure that systems are secure and data is protected
• Debug and troubleshoot complex issues across multiple systems

---- What the Candidate Will Do ---
Stay up-to-date with new technologies and methodologies related to backend development
At Uber, we ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. We take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 600 cities around the world!
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have a curiosity, passion and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together!
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If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.
At Uber, we reimagine the way the world moves for the better. The idea was born on a snowy night in Paris in 2008, and ever since then, our DNA of reimagination and reinvention carries on. We've grown into a global platform moving people and things in ever-expanding ways, taking on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters make movement happen at the push of a button for everyone, everywhere.
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together.
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.
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For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is $149,000 per year - $165,500 per year. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is $149,000 per year - $165,500 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is $149,000 per year - $165,500 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 https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.