Senior Software Engineer (Backend)Posted today$186K

Uber Freight
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The opportunity

The Uber Freight team is building a better future for shipping. We believe that when shippers and carriers have the freedom to move together, the entire industry moves ahead.

What you'll do

  • Build Scalable Backend Services: Design, develop, and maintain high-throughput, low-latency microservices and distributed systems using languages like Go, Java, Python, or C++.

  • Lead System Architecture: Drive architectural decisions, data models, and API contracts for resilient, fault-tolerant backend infrastructure.

  • Champion Engineering Excellence: Advocate for best practices across automated backend testing, security, code maintainability, and deployment pipelines.

  • Drive Scoping & Product Delivery: Partner closely with Product, Operations, and fellow engineering teams to define technical scope, manage trade-offs, and ship complex logistics features.

  • Shape the Technical Roadmap: Proactively identify technical debt, bottlenecks, and architectural limits to guide the long-term scalability of the platform.

  • Mentor & Foster Culture: Guide and mentor engineers across levels, conduct rigorous code and system design reviews, and promote operational ownership.

What they're looking for

  • Knowledge of data structures and algorithms and the ability to use them: practically when implementing solutions.
  • Experience with one of the following databases: MySQL, SQL Server, or Oracle.
  • Proven track record of leading technical projects and mentoring engineers.
  • Knowledge of the logistics and transportation industry.