Sr Staff Engineer - Uber Connect & Direct

About the Role

Uber Connect and Direct are fast growing products in the C2C (Consumer to Consumer) and B2C (Business to Consumer) spaces respectively. This role will help lead the product development for these products.

Uber Connect (aka Flash) allows any consumer to request a delivery from or to any other consumer within their city. This can be anything from sending documents for signature or returning forgotten keys. The Uber Rider app is the entry point here.

Uber Direct is our business level offering. We allow merchants to create deliveries by either using our Dashboard product or directly integrating with our public api. This lets a merchant add delivery services to their existing website or app.

What the Candidate Will Do

- Collaborate and work within a team with other engineers, Product Managers, Designers and others to build towards the roadmap..
- Contribute to engineering culture in terms of quality, monitoring, and on-call practices.
- Uplevel and enhance the engineering team via mentorship, best practices, and role modeling.
- Participate in and lead wider organizational efforts for Delivery and Uber overall.
- Identify value and create efficiencies and teach others to do this as well.
- Provide technical leadership to the full engineering team up to and including the Staff level engineers.

\\-\\-\\-\\- Basic Qualifications ----

- 10+ years engineering experience
- Strong problem-solving skills, with expertise in algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis
- Experience with distributed systems
- Resilience, determination, ownership mindset, and a keen appetite for collaborative efforts

\\-\\-\\-\\- Preferred Qualifications ----

- 12+ years engineering experience
- Experience working at large companies (10k+)
- Experience working with distributed teams
- Experience coding in Go

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$252,000 per year - USD$280,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$252,000 per year - USD$280,000 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. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link [https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits](https://www.uber.com/careers/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://forms.gle/aDWTk9k6xtMU25Y5A).

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.