Sr Software Engineer - Delivery Matching

About the Team

The Deliverability team sits at the core of Uber’s delivery marketplace as part of Merchant Optimization. Our mission is to transform mature, product-specific deliverability logic into a high-performance, highly scalable, and unified platform. Serving as the critical gating layer for every Uber Eats transaction, our systems answer the fundamental real-time question: "Can this merchant deliver to this eater right now?

" We evaluate this continuously across storefront browsing, checkout, and order creation globally. We optimize merchant delivery zones to maximize platform selection while balancing reliability and profitability. The real-time decisions made by our Tier 1 backend services directly shape the selection breadth for key downstream platforms, including Search, Feed, and Ads.

Role & Responsibilities As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Deliverability team, you will: Architect Extensible APIs: Lead the end-to-end design and execution of core platform services. Orchestrate High-Throughput Systems: Solve complex architecture challenges by designing robust workflow orchestration across deep, multi-tiered downstream service dependencies.

Drive Low-Latency Performance: Design and implement multi-layered, distributed caching strategies to minimize latency and optimize load across high-concurrency microservices. Champion Observability & Reliability: Define key metrics and operational telemetry using dashboards (such as Grafana), and multi-tiered alerting to ensure mission-critical service availability across millions of daily orders.

Lead Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with product managers and engineering teams across Marketplace to establish technical standards, align on API contracts, and deliver high-impact technical roadmaps.

Basic Qualifications

3+ years of professional full-time software engineering experience building scalable backend platforms. Strong proficiency in modern backend languages, preferably Go, Java, C++, or Python. Deep understanding of high-throughput, low-latency microservice architectures, RESTful APIs, and gRPC/Protobuf protocols. Hands-on expertise with advanced caching mechanisms, concurrency control, and distributed state management.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience designing workflow orchestration engines or managing intricate multi-service dependencies. Familiarity with geospatial indexing systems, mapping, or geofencing libraries (e.g., H3, S2Cell). Demonstrated expertise in telemetry, distributed tracing, performance monitoring, and managing high-concurrency production incidents.

Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives and deliver multi-phase engineering projects. Exposure to large-scale data engineering pipelines or foundational machine learning concepts. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year

• USD $224,000 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year
• USD $224,000 per year. For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.