Staff Software Engineer

About the Team

The Merchant Selection Team enables SMBs and Enterprises to onboard and be successful on the Uber Eats marketplace. We build systems that power outbound sales, sign up & onboarding flows and guide merchants towards early lifecycle success.

 

About the Role

In this role as a Staff Engineer, you will be responsible for technically leading a team that constructs the essential systems enabling local businesses to integrate with Uber Eats efficiently and realize immediate value. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners in Product, Design, Analytics, Operations, and ML to co-own the engineering strategy along with the EM, and own the architectural strategy. Shepherd the team towards prioritizing both the long-term scalability and reliability of the platform alongside rapid enhancements focused on the merchant experience.

 

 

What You’ll do:

• Design and architect systems and solutions that solve the business problems in a scalable and extensible way
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Analytics and GTM teams to build and execute the roadmap, ensuring a stable, scalable platform while maintaining rapid delivery of merchant features.
• Oversee the prioritization and delivery of capabilities and architectural improvements to maximize user value and business impact.
• Ensure operational excellence across all areas, including support, on-call, deployments, and incident management.
• Champion and implement engineering best practices across the team

 

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in CS or equivalent with 8+ years of professional engineering background.
• Strong leadership skills and technical expertise; ability to lead a platform team with deep domain knowledge and solve technical challenges through system design and problem-solving
• Experience with high-scale, backend systems.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across different functions and with diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in maintaining reliability and extensibility to critical tier1 services.
• Unwavering commitment to maintaining high standards for personal contributions, team members, and product outcomes.
• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience.

For New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 per year.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 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. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.