Uber
Sr Software Engineer - Eater Real Time Pricing
$202K–$224K
San Francisco, California +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 17, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, California
New York City, New York - Experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
About the job
Builds real-time pricing products and scalable backend systems that power Uber’s global marketplace.
What you'll do
- Implement optimization decisions and operate low-latency microservices at millions of QPS.
- Integrate prediction systems into a combined real-time serving architecture.
- Own the software lifecycle, including design, rollout, production debugging, and incident management.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend development, distributed systems, or real-time data processing.
- Proficiency in one or more object-oriented or functional programming languages, such as Go, Java, or Python.
- Track record of leading complex, multi-quarter projects across team boundaries.
- Experience designing and operating high-throughput, low-latency production services.
Nice to have
- Experience with marketplace, pricing, dispatch, forecasting, or other real-time decision systems.
- Experience productionizing models with data or applied scientists; familiarity with Kafka, Flink, or large-scale time-series forecasting.
Pay
USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Go, Java, Python, Kafka, Flink
AI focus
Integrate prediction systems into real-time serving and, preferably, partner with scientists to productionize models and experimental systems.
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