Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Uber · Bengaluru

  • Experience6–10 yrs
  • SalaryNot disclosed
  • Work modeonsite
  • Levelsenior
  • Posted2 Sept 2026
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About Uber

Uber is hiring in Bengaluru in automotive mobility. This role looks for around 6+ years of experience.

Skills

  • Go
  • Java
  • C++
  • distributed systems architecture
  • consensus
  • convergence
  • load balancing
  • data consistency
  • performance optimization
  • scalability
  • incident management
  • on-call operations
  • fintech
  • payments

The role

A backend engineer at a large-scale mobility marketplace designs and operates distributed systems for critical services, applying Go and Java to build scalable production platforms. Distributed systems architecture, fintech, and payments shape reliable service delivery, incident response, and technical mentorship.

Full job description

As a critical central platform, we bridge the gap between infrastructure and product. We solve deep technical challenges at scale within problem domains specific to Uber's business. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll own the end-to-end delivery of large initiatives, from design to production readiness. You'll also support and consult with other engineers on their projects and mentor the team. You'll partner closely with engineering leadership, product managers, and technical program managers to develop roadmaps.

Responsibilities:

Design, scale, code, monitor, and maintain a highly critical set of services.

Contribute to, lead, own, and deliver complex projects or features.

Recruit, onboard, and proactively mentor engineers.

Serve as an escalation point for other engineers to troubleshoot and manage severe incidents in production; encourage the adoption of best practices in incident management within the team.

Requirements:

MS/BS in Computer Science or a related field, with at least 8+ years of individual contributor experience as a software engineer.

Fluent in Go, Java, or C++.

Solid understanding of distributed systems architecture, including concepts like consensus, convergence, load balancing, data consistency, and performance/efficiency.

Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, to articulate complex ideas to engineering teams.

Experience being on-call and handling operational issues for a system serving production traffic.

Prior experience in fintech or payments.

Prior experience with Go.

Proven ability to identify and resolve performance and scalability issues.

Experience as a tech lead who has mentored or led small teams in building product features at scale.