Sr Software Engineer II / Senior Architect- Backend (Global Scaled Solutions)

We’re thinking about the future, too. With teams working on new modalities, self-driving cars and even urban air transportation, we’re in for the long haul. We’re reimagining how people and things move from one place to the next. What You’ll Do We’re looking for a excellent engineer who can help us bring this vision to reality, identify the key open challenges, innovate, iterate and adapt, create a viable road-map and collaborate with a team of world class software engineers to execute on this charter.

• 10+ years Strong meaningful Individual contributor experience as a software engineer
• Architecture: Knowledge of data structures and an eye for architecture. You can discuss the tradeoff between architectural choices, both on a theoretical level and on an applied level.
• Strong coding/debugging abilities: You have advanced knowledge of at least one programming language, and are happy to learn more. Our core languages are Go and Java.
• Distributed Systems: Experience building distributed systems at scale.
• Understanding of Mobile-Backend interaction: Because of the device and network limitations we are trying to solve, you should have thorough knowledge of mobile-backend interaction, push and pull architectures, their limitations and where they are applicable.
• Fast learner: We’re looking for software engineers who thrive on learning new technologies and don’t believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. You should be able to adapt easily to meet the needs of our massive growth and rapidly evolving business environment.
• A team player: You believe that you can achieve more on a team — that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. You rely on others’ candid feedback for continuous improvement.
• Design and business acumen: You understand requirements beyond the written word. Whether you’re working on an API used by other developers, an internal tool consumed by our operation teams, or a feature used by millions of customers, your attention to details leads to a delightful user experience.

Technology Vision: You must be someone who can envision where the technology trends are going, define longer term technology goals for the team while aligning with the business needs. About The Team Global Scaled Solutions**** Global Scaled Solutions (GSS) provides tools and services to enable innovation in new areas, scale processes fast with work orchestration, operations management, data insights, data curation, ML labeling and more.We own systems that intelligently match people with tasks they need to perform, ensuring high quality and speed of work.

We produce purpose built solutions that allow to visualize and update very complex data sources in easy and intuitive ways. At Uber, we ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. We take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 600 cities around the world. We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world forward, together.