Sr Software Engineer, Fullstack

About the role

We are looking for skilled & motivated engineers to help build core components for the FinTech Hyderabad team. The FinTech team at Hyderabad played a crucial role in supporting the IPO and continues to ensure Uber is financially compliant. As part of this role, you will partner with stakeholders and lead team efforts to design, develop, and maintain complex user interfaces and features for web applications that meet the design, functionality, and complexity needs of end users.

---- What the Candidate Will Do ----

1. You will be part of the Unicorn team where you will be responsible for building a platform for Uber's community operations team to enable them with automated & efficient spend management, invoicing, accruals, and reconciliation.
2. You will partner with stakeholders and lead team efforts to design, develop, and maintain complex user interfaces and features for web applications that meet the functionality needs of end users.
3. Build scalable, robust & modular web services & own them
4. Be part of on-call, incident management and ensure services SLAs are met
5. Mentor other junior engineers in the team & guide them
6. Be part of Uber web guild and contribute to web innovations

---- Basic Qualifications ----

1. At least 8+ years of individual contributor experience as a software engineer developing, releasing, and maintaining web applications
2. Coding chops, clean, elegant, bug-free code
3. Strong hands-on experience in HTTP, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Node.js, React and Stateless/stateful Web interactions in websockets, long-polling, serve push and other web technologies
4. Expertise in web technologies and APIs and a solid understanding on fundamentals of TCP/IP, HTTP, JavaScript engines
5. Good written, verbal communication skills

---- Preferred Qualifications ----

1. Skilled at building solutions with apt architecture and design. Architect efficient and reusable front-end systems for complex web applications
2. Prior experience as a tech lead who has mentored/led small teams in building product features at scale
3. The ability to go deep, but also appreciate the challenge of going broad. Uber has a huge stack, and we're all over it: backend services, real-time dispatch, machine learning, mobile, web development, data and analytics, infrastructure, marketing systems.
4. Intelligence. High adaptability. Ability to learn quickly.
5. Bias for bold action. Our growth requires embracing change with sureness and boldness. We expect our engineers to be proactive about addressing both operational and scalability challenges as we grow.
6. Ownership, drive and passion. Engineers at Uber know what it means to truly own their services. Quality, performance, and robustness are expected of all services. Engineers take ownership of the uptime of their services, and they are empowered with the tools to do what is needed to keep them running. Great monitoring, alerting, and test coverage are championed at Uber and we provide engineers with the tools to do so.
7. Obsessive collaboration. We work closely with other business and Eng groups. We communicate proactively to address new challenges, work through requirements, and improve our operational efficiency.
8. Strong desire to learn and grow, while building the best in class systems
9. Strong flair for effective communication and collaboration - you know when to push on and when to step back
10. Collaborate with UX Designers, UX researchers, Product Managers to deliver magical user experiences
11. An ability to have fun while working on the hardest problems

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].