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Uber · 12 hours ago

Sr Staff Software Engineer

positionSunnyvale, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$267K/yr - $297K/yr
date10+ years exp

Uber's Commerce Engineering group is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the infrastructure for orders and payments. As a backend engineer on the Money Platform, you'll be writing reliable and maintainable code that teams across the company rely on while collaborating extensively with those teams to anticipate the platform features required to enable them to launch new and innovative products.

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Responsibilities

Work on payments platform as a tech lead backend engineer creating solutions catering to Uber's different lines of businesses
Be the advocate and design guardian for payments platform to solve business use cases working closely with core teams within Uber
Autonomously lead and deliver the project working with Product and other business functions
Create forward looking technical vision aligned with Uber's business priorities to evolve existing platform to its next iteration
Mentor other engineers within and outside the team to be a force multiplier for the Company

Qualification

Payments ExperienceDistributed systems experienceSystems software engineeringComputer architectureSoftware Development processesLearning new technologiesProblem solvingCollaborationMentoringOwnership

Required

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent 10+ years of experience with systems software engineering
Sound understanding of computer architecture and CS fundamentals
Strong problem solving and coding skills demonstrated by solid academic or research projects
Demonstrated experience in leading large scale projects from concept to delivery while uplifting other engineers working with them
Experience with Software Development processes such as design, planning, implementation, maintenance & documentation
Demonstrated experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams
Passion for learning new technologies, domains, and challenging the status quo
Grit, drive and a strong feeling of ownership coupled with collaboration

Preferred

Payments Experience
Distributed systems experience
Held Sr IC title at a large scale company like Uber for past 2-3 years

Benefits

Bonus program
Equity award
Other types of comp
Various benefits

Company

Uber

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Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
dateFounded in 2009
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
http://www.uber.com

H1B Sponsorship

Uber has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
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2024 (796)
2023 (684)
2022 (954)
2021 (750)
2020 (638)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$35.56B
Key Investors
William AckmanPayPalToyota Motor
2025-09-08Post Ipo Debt· $2.25B
2025-05-13Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2025-01-01Post Ipo Equity· $2.3B

Leadership Team

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Dara Khosrowshahi
CEO
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Prashanth Mahendra -Rajah
Chief Financial Officer
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