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Uber Software Engineer 2 in Sunnyvale, California
About the Role
Uber Advertising is at the heart of our mission to connect users with the merchants and services they love. This role offers a unique opportunity to join a high-growth organization where you will contribute to one of two critical pillars:
These are 2 teams under Ads Organization
Ads Relevance : As a backend engineer, you will work on the entire ad delivery flow: retrieval, auction, and ranking. You'll tackle the complex problem of matching the right ad to the right user, significantly impacting the Ads platform and merchant partners. This is a high-impact, cross-LOB role.
Ads Metrics & Attribution : Build the high-throughput streaming "source of truth" for our multi-billion dollar ads business. You will dive into system internals to architect a platform capable of validating and attributing billions of signals in real-time with 100% accuracy.
What You'll Do
Architect and implement high-performance backend services and data pipelines capable of handling billions of signals at Uber's global scale.
Dive deep into system internals (e.g., Apache Flink, JVM tuning) to solve complex challenges around sub-20ms latency and high-concurrency serving.
Partner with Product, Data Science, and Design to turn advertiser needs into technical specs for new ad products and attribution features.
Participate in on-call rotations and drive operational excellence to maintain "Tier-0" availability and data integrity.
Write clean, testable code, contribute to design reviews, and mentor other engineers to raise the bar for engineering craftsmanship.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
3-5 years of professional software engineering work experience.
Solid proficiency in at least one modern backend language: Java, Go, or C++.
Preferred Qualifications
Past ads experience, specially in ad delivery area
Experience working in any of problem domains ie. ranking, retrieval, bid optimization or budget pacing systems
Ability to learn quickly on the go. We're looking for software engineers who thrive while learning new technologies and don't believe in one-size-fits-all solutions.
You should be able to easily adapt to meet the needs of our massive growth and rapidly-evolving business environment.
Deep system design skills. You know how to build highly-scalable, robust, and fault-tolerant services that support our unique exponential growth requirements.
Bias toward action. You believe that speed and quality aren't mutually exclusive. You've shown good judgment about shipping as fast as possible while ensuring your products and platforms are built in a sustainable, responsible way--and you're comfortable making mistakes, provided you learn from them.
Passion and energy. You bring infectious enthusiasm to all your endeavors. You always perform at your best and drive those around you to do the same. You see new challenges as an opportunity to contribute, make an impact, and grow.
Strong collaboration in the way you develop and ownership of the systems and products you build.
Pride in the code you write and have a strong sense of engineering craftsmanship
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 Sunnyvale, CA-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. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb_Y9Bv8-lWDMbpidF2GKXsxzNh11wUUVS7fM1znOfEJsVeA/viewform