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Uber · 16 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer - Dynamic Pricing

Uber is on a mission to make transport accessible, and the Surge team plays a critical role in maintaining marketplace reliability through dynamic pricing. In this role, you will build scalable real-time systems to optimize pricing based on market conditions.

LogisticsMobile AppsRide SharingSoftwareTransportation
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Responsibilities

You will work with a mixed team of Engineers, Operations Researchers, and Economists to build large-scale pricing optimization systems to set prices based on real-time marketplace conditions for Uber's rides products globally

Qualification

JavaPythonScalable distributed systemsIn-memory datastoresEvent-driven architecturesStreaming architecturesMathematical optimization systemsMentoring junior engineersHigh availability designOn-call experienceCross-functional collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field
5+ years of full-time Software Engineering work experience
Proficient in a language such as Java/Go/Python
Experience building scalable distributed systems
Expertise with in-memory datastores (e.g. Redis, Memcached)
Experience with event-driven and streaming architectures (e.g. Apache Kafka)
History of working with cross-functional partners (Product/Science) to help define roadmaps
Demonstrated ability to design, maintain, and support business critical systems
Designing for high availability (fallbacks, circuit breakers, hedging and retries)
On-call experience

Preferred

Experience with marketplace problems (such as Ads)
Expertise in Java software development (e.g. common design patterns, streams, futures, parallel computation, DI frameworks such as Spring)
Experience building real-time mathematical optimization systems (e.g. using OR Tools or Gurobi)
Experience mentoring and growing more junior engineers
Experience with experiment based feature development (A/Bs, etc...)

Benefits

Participate in Uber's bonus program
May be offered an equity award
Various benefits

Company

Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.

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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2025 (830)
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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