Software Engineer II – Grocery & Retail

About the role

Uber’s Grocery & Retail division is expanding rapidly, delivering next‑hour household essentials. As a Software Engineer II you will build and maintain backend services that power the experience for merchants, consumers and couriers.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable backend solutions.
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and cross‑functional engineering teams to translate requirements into technical specifications.
• Own the full development lifecycle—from architecture and coding to deployment and monitoring.
• Conduct thorough code reviews and promote high coding standards.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate their impact on our systems.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field (or equivalent experience) with at least 1 year of software engineering work, or a PhD.
• Proficiency in at least one language such as Java, C++, Python or Go.
• 2 + years of experience building backend services and delivering end‑user products.
• Preferred: Master’s degree or higher and 3 + years of experience building highly available distributed systems at scale.

Required skills

• Java, C++, Python, or Go programming.
• Backend development and microservices architecture.
• Design and operation of distributed systems.
• Algorithms, data structures, and performance optimization.
• Unit and integration testing, code review practices.