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Staff Software Engineer / Tech Lead - Rider Pricing and Incentives

Uber
Sunnyvale, CA Full-time 12/10/2025 $223k - $248k per year
Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience

Job Description

This role in the Rider Pricing & Incentives team focuses on backend development to enhance Uber's real-time pricing algorithms and rider promotions. Collaborating with machine learning engineers and product managers, you'll tackle strategic marketplace challenges and directly impact Uber's business success.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience delivering, scaling, and owning highly successful and innovative software products.
  • Proven record of engineering and coding skills with high-performance production-quality code.
  • Experience in Go, Python, Java, or other equivalent languages.
  • Strong background in data analytics tools such as Hive or similar.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and testing frameworks.
  • Demonstrated leadership skills, with experience in mentoring and guiding junior engineers.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and improve systems and products used by millions of members.
  • Write high-quality code and uphold standards for testing and coverage.
  • Align the team on solutions to ambiguous problems and analyze tradeoffs of different technical solutions.
  • Contribute to engineering cultivation in terms of quality, monitoring, and on-call practices.
  • Mentor and coach other engineers.
  • Find opportunities to improve team operations and promote standard processes.

Benefits

  • Employees at Uber are often offered comprehensive health, life, disability, and mental wellness benefits, along with wellbeing stipends, travel medical coverage, and monthly Uber credits for Rides and Eats. Employees also get generous paid parental leave, flexible time off, and family-planning support so they can care for themselves and their families at every stage.