Senior Staff Software Engineer, Financial Products (Backend)

Uber

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Sunnyvale, CA
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Uber Technologies, Inc. is the world’s largest, San Francisco-based mobile technology platform facilitating on-demand ride-hailing, food delivery (Uber Eats), and freight transportation across approximately 70 countries.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Engineer, Financial Products (Backend)

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The Senior Staff Software Engineer - Financial Products (Backend) joins the Financial Products team to architect and scale the next generation of financial services. This role involves translating ambitious product visions into scalable, high-concurrency backend solutions while serving as the primary technical authority for the team. Key responsibilities include steering architectural choices, overseeing rigorous code reviews, and implementing best practices for code health and automated testing. The engineer will build and optimize frameworks to ensure financial transactions remain seamless and secure. Required technical proficiency includes expertise in Go, Java, or C++. Candidates should possess experience in distributed systems and domain expertise in mission-critical financial services software, such as payments, lending, credit cards, or trading platforms, to solve complex backend problems within a high-velocity growth environment.

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Go Java C++ Distributed Systems Payments Lending Trading Platforms Automated Testing Code Review Financial Services Software

What you'll do

  • Translate product visions into scalable, high-concurrency backend solutions.
  • Serve as the primary technical authority for architectural choices and system reliability.
  • Oversee rigorous code reviews to ensure high-quality engineering standards.
  • Implement industry-best practices for code health and automated testing.
  • Build and optimize frameworks to support global-scale financial transactions.
  • Ensure all financial systems remain seamless and secure.
  • Lead senior engineering teams to foster a culture of technical rigor.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
  • 10+ years of professional full-time software engineering experience.
  • Strong expertise in modern backend languages, specifically Go, Java, or C++.
  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred).
  • Proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining high-scale, resilient distributed systems (preferred).
  • Prior experience building mission-critical financial services software such as payments, lending, credit cards, or trading platforms (preferred).
  • Experience leading senior engineering teams and fostering a culture of technical rigor and rapid delivery (preferred).

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