Software Engineer II - Backend

About the role and team

Engineering at Uber means building for real-world impact under real-world constraints. As a Software Engineer II on the Marketplace teams, you will build innovative products and scalable systems that power hundreds of millions of consumers and millions of merchants around the world, and that footprint is expanding rapidly. Whether you are scaling distributed marketplace systems or building high-performance data pipelines, you will be solving complex challenges at the intersection of low latency, high correctness, and massive scale.

What you’ll do

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality code for features of moderate complexity and projects with multiple dependencies.
• Build and scale foundational infrastructure and data pipelines, balancing technical debt and shifting priorities while keeping long-term impact in mind.
• Own the software lifecycle end-to-end, from drafting design docs to debugging production issues and managing incidents independently.
• Collaborate across disciplines - including Product, Data Science, and Ops - to translate ambiguous requirements into simple, elegant system designs.
• Champion engineering best practices by providing quality code reviews, creating comprehensive tests, and improving system performance.
• Navigate internal complexity and stakeholder inquiries to unblock dependencies and ensure the reliability of our production environment.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend development, distributed systems, or data engineering.
• Proficiency in one or more object-oriented or functional programming languages (e.g., Go, Java, Python, or C++).
• Experience with data modeling, query optimization, and translating customer problems into system design.
• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience writing tests to verify functionality and establishing monitoring systems to ensure code stability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience identifying and reducing code-level technical debt in high-load distributed systems.
• Background in mentoring new team members and contributing to engineering culture.
• Proficiency with Big Data frameworks (e.g., Spark, Flink) or real-time data streaming (e.g., Kafka).
• Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment on engineering trade-offs for complex features.

For New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $171,000 per year - USD $190,000 per year.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $171,000 per year - USD $190,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $171,000 per year - USD $190,000 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.