Staff Software Engineer, Backend
UberJoin Uber as a Staff Software Engineer, Backend
About the Role
As a Staff Software Engineer at Uber, you will have a profound impact on a wide array of business and technology decisions across multiple projects and locations. You will be a passionate and pragmatic technologist, capable of designing, implementing, and delivering scalable and resilient systems. You will not only be a collaborative role model but also an approachable thought leader within a larger group. As a humble teacher, you will technically mentor a team of talented engineers while also executing on delivering uniquely challenging projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead multiple high-impact cross-functional projects from conception to completion.
- Provide insight into new technologies and work with the team to make architectural design decisions.
- Implement new features while prioritizing security, user experience, modern design, high availability, and scalability.
- Collaborate with other infrastructure teams, production engineer team, and product manager to support engineering fundamental programs and drive adoption.
- Communicate and collaborate with other teams, both technical and non-technical.
- Mentor and train junior developers.
- Bring a passion for the creativity and discipline that goes into development with cloud technologies.
Basic Qualifications
- 8+ years of professional software development experience.
- BS or higher degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Proficient in one or more backend languages, like Java, Go, C/C++, C#, with the ability to pick up new ones quickly.
- Excellent coding abilities.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with relevant experience in implementing large-scale distributed backend services.
- Knowledge of data structures and an eye for architecture.
- A phenomenal teammate approach, believing that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
- Understanding of business and design requirements, ensuring a delightful user experience.
- High coding standards (TDD, Clean Code).
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of scalable storage and distributed systems.
- Experience analyzing, monitoring, and solving large-scale, high-traffic distributed systems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write detailed technical documents.
Why Join Us?
At Uber, we are relentless about our mission to help people go anywhere and get anything and earn their way. Movement is what we power. It’s our lifeblood. It runs through our veins. It’s what gets us out of bed each morning. It pushes us to constantly reimagine how we can move better. For you. For all the places you want to go. For all the things you want to get. For all the ways you want to earn. Across the entire world. In real time. At the incredible speed of now.
Join us in Amsterdam and be part of a team that is at the forefront of technology and innovation.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- Flexible work environment
- Opportunities for professional growth
- Collaborative team culture
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