About the Role
Rider Growth is a new and emerging charter in Uber with the mission to help increase the rate of customer acquisition, decrease rate of customer retention, and increase revenue by a) optimising existing products and b) building new products
We're looking for passionate Backend developers to join Rider Growth team, a cross-functional group in which Design, Data Science, Backend, Android and iOS engineers work collaboratively to design and build products for riders to simplify their booking journey as well as build products from scratch to help new users complete their booking journey via other mediums such as WhatsApp and Phone call.
At Uber, we take pride in offering the best quality service to our customers - you will collaborate closely with product managers and business operations teams to build for scale, yet focusing on providing intuitive and delightful customer experiences.
What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points
---- What the Candidate Will Do ----
- Work on Uber's most complex web applications by designing, implementing, and unit testing the frontend application code.
- Help teams with helping with defining an architecture that would scale and also encourage best practices.
- Create frameworks and abstractions that are reliable, reusable and avoid surprising outcomes.
- Goto person to get clarity of problem statements and also can breakdown into meaningful tasks.
- Promote and demonstrate problem-specific expertise in delivering results (e.g. for research engineers you apply domain knowledge and research skills.
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- Grit, drive and a deep feeling of ownership.
- Minimum 7+ years hands on experience in developing highly scalable backend micro-services using technologies such as Java and Go
- Familiarity with concepts of distributed systems.
- Experience analysing a feature in production using analytics and experiments
- Experience collaborating on projects and working efficiently as part of a team
- Thriving in ambiguity and having a go-getter attitude
---- Preferred Qualifications ----
“ Sometimes you have to run before you can walk” - Iron Man
- Knowledge of data structure and algorithms and an ability to use them practically when implementing solutions
- Demonstrated experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams
- Knowledge of the logistics and mobility industry is a plus
Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuelds progress. What moves us, moves the world - let’s move it 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 accommodations@uber.com.