Software Engineer II, Backend - Core Services

About the Role

Collaborates with stakeholders to design, build, and maintain backend services and solutions that support user-facing products, downstream services, or infrastructure tools and platforms used across Uber.

What You'll Do

• Develop cutting-edge technologies for automated verification of images, documents, and user identities.
• Build large-scale systems to analyze similarities and relationships between entities such as users, devices, and images.
• Design verification solutions like facial recognition, voice recognition, and biometrics.
• Leverage digital information, behavior signals, and third-party verification methods to establish trust in users.
• Enable verification at critical touchpoints to ensure seamless user journeys and support compliance with risk and safety standards.
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders globally to deliver scalable, impactful solutions.
• Integrate with business systems dealing with risk, safety, and compliance.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, OR 3+ years of backend software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Java, Python, C, or C++.
• Experience shipping high-quality product features on schedule with demonstrated ownership of bugs, timelines, and on-call shifts.
• Advanced English language skills to collaborate with global teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Expertise in implementing complex projects with multiple dependencies.
• Familiarity with scalability and product engineering principles.

About the Team

Core Services Engineering develops and manages the commerce platform that power all Uber apps. Operating across 70+ countries and processing millions of transactions per second, the team works to meet the evolving needs of Uber's current and future business.

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.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.

*Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to [email protected].