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Posted 27 Aug 2026

Senior Backend Engineer

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Employment
Full time
Team
Software Engineering
Posted
27 Aug 2026

About the role

As an Engineer on this team, you'll work on large-scale backend systems that ingest, reconcile, and serve merchant data, partnering closely with product and platform teams across Uber Eats.


Requirements:

  • Strong backend engineering experience (distributed systems, APIs, data modeling).
  • Experience building and operating production systems that handle large or complex datasets.
  • Comfort working with imperfect or evolving data.
  • Ability to reason about system design, ownership, and long-term maintainability.
  • Bias toward shipping incremental improvements with clear user or business impact.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills.
  • 6+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems with experience in architecture design and developing high availability and high-performance systems.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Java, Go, etc.
  • Deep understanding and experience with backend services, large-scale systems, multi-cloud infrastructure, etc.
  • Ability to contribute to technical innovation and problem-solving within a team setting.


Preferred qualifications:

  • Strong passion to learn new technologies quickly and adapt to the rapidly evolving business and technological landscape.
  • Ability to perform in a fast-paced, multitasking environment with tight deadlines.
  • Strong teamwork and communication skills to effectively collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.
  • Enthusiasm for embracing new challenges and continuous learning to drive innovation.
  • Proven track record of scaling systems on a multi-cloud infrastructure.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and drive engineering excellence.
  • Experience with machine learning infrastructure and AI technologies is advantageous.

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