**What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points** \-\-\-\- What the Candidate Will Do ---- 1. Phenomenal communication skills. We build software for people. We build software with people. You know how to write an effective technical spec, provide feedback to others, translate technical concepts into lay terms, and incorporate feedback into your efforts. You value and practice openness, empathy, kindness, and collaboration. 2. Provide initiative and technical leadership to build reliable, high-quality solutions that scale with Uber’s engineering processes. 3. Deliver and review technical design, code and documentation. 4. Drive ongoing efficiency and reliability improvements through design and automation: availability, performance, scaling, monitoring and capacity. 5. Manage upstream and downstream dependencies, collaborate with other engineering teams 6. Coach and mentor engineers to help with their learning and career growth 7. Define standards in Coding, testing, monitoring, and alerting systems and lead team to complete them. \-\-\-\- Basic Qualifications ---- 1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience 2. Experience coding using general purpose programming language (eg. Javascript) \-\-\-\- Preferred Qualifications ---- 1. You have knowledge of a backend stack (some examples include: Java, Node.js, Python, Redis, Kafka, Golang or similar). 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. Passion and energy. Because you love what you do, you bring infectious enthusiasm to all your endeavors. You always perform at your absolute best and see new challenges as an opportunity to contribute, make an impact, and grow. 5. Unquenchable thirst for growth. You're not just looking for the next interesting challenge, but looking to push yourself to keep pace in our hyper-growth environment. 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 [accommodations@uber.com](mailto:accommodations@uber.com).