Staff Software Engineer, Risk

About The Role

We are looking for skilled & motivated engineers to help build core components of the Risk Platform at Uber that powers areas like Risk, Safety and more.

The technology you build will allow us to create a turn-key platform that will fuel growth at Uber via many applications as we move real people and things, in 450+ cities across the world. In this role, you will be building distributed infrastructure and services serving ML based decisions at Uber scale for critical business functions where high availability and reliability are not metrics but core requirements.

You will also get to work on systems that detect and mine anomalies in petabytes of data flowing through our systems and surfacing insights and actions that form a strong feedback loop to improve ML models and highly sophisticated decision predicates. This is a very high impact role where you will interface with all major infrastructure teams at Uber.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced engineer who is collaborative, has a healthy sense of curiosity and acts with responsibility to join Uber, work with talented people across the board and help improve our next generation payments systems, scaling it to the next level.

• Actively seek out the toughest technology and engineering problems and solve them as a team.
• Own opportunities and initiatives and drive clarity, convergence and closure across teams.
• Raise the bar on sustainable engineering by improving best practices, producing best in class of code, documentation, testing and monitoring.
• Be a humble mentor and trusted advisor for both our talented team members and passionate leaders alike. Deal with a differences in opinion in a mature and fair way, helping teams to commit and move forward.
• Act on execution of projects with good judgement and responsibility
  
  

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

---- What the Candidate Will Do ----

• Architect, design, and develop robust backend services and scalable APIs.
• Lead the development and optimization of backend applications using modern technologies
• Oversee the integration of complex data workflows and pipelines.
• Ensure the scalability, performance, and reliability of software applications.
• Conduct code reviews, design discussions, and technical mentorship.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver comprehensive, end-to-end solutions.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation.
• Troubleshoot and resolve critical issues in production and development environments.
• Provide strategic technical leadership to influence the direction of Uber's technology stack.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for software projects and processes.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software development.
• Expert proficiency in backend technologies such as Java, Python, Node.js, or Go.
• Exposure/working with frontend frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js and mobile development.
• Deep understanding of database technologies, including SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience with designing and developing RESTful APIs.
• Mastery of version control systems such as Git.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to lead collaborative teams.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 4+ years of experience as Engineering lead
• Exposure to or experience with:
• Product engineering
• Scalability engineering
• Distributed systems
• Track record of delivering results in fast-paced and highly ambiguous environments
• Org-wide Impact: Demonstrated ability to drive projects with org-wide scope and high impact