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Sr Software Engineer

Uber

New York City, NY · HybridFull-time$202–224K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$202–224K/yr
Location
New York City, NYHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Uber is seeking a software engineer for its Hydration Platform team, which builds high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems serving store, item, and user data in real time. The role collaborates with infrastructure and product engineering teams and supports experiences across Uber Eats feed, search, storefront, and checkout. The platform operates at tens of millions of requests per second.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Software EngineeringProduction SystemsProgrammingBackend ServicesAPIsDistributed SystemsData StructuresAlgorithmsConcurrencySystem DesignProduction CodeProblem SolvingCollaborationScalable Backend SystemsHigh-Throughput SystemsLow-Latency SystemsMicroservice ArchitectureKafkaRedisMySQLThriftPerformance OptimizationMonitoringObservabilityProduction DebuggingCross-Team Project Leadership

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Related Field or 5 Years Software Engineering Experience3 Years Technical Software Engineering Experience1 Year Specialized Software Engineering Experience

Benefits

401(k) Match

Full job description

About the role:

We are seeking passionate software engineers to join our Hydration Platform team and help build the foundation platform used by many engineering teams across Uber Eats.

You will collaborate closely with Uber infrastructure teams and Uber Eats product engineering teams. You will have opportunities to work across product lines spanning across feed, search, storefront and checkout.

About the Team:

The Hydration Platform team operates at the heart of Uber Eats’s technology stack. We build high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems that serve store, item and user data to applications used by merchants, consumers and couriers in real time.

Our team works closely with Uber infrastructure teams across storage, networking and developer platforms. We develop innovative engineering solutions for complex product challenges. Operating at a scale of tens of millions of requests per second, our platform directly powers core user experiences like home feed, search, storefront and checkout.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field OR 5-year full-time Software Engineering work experience, WHICH INCLUDES 3-year total technical software engineering experience in one or more of the following areas:

  • Professional software engineering experience building and delivering production systems.

  • Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g. C, C++, Java, Python, or Go).

  • Developing backend services, APIs, or distributed systems.

  • Understanding of core computer science concepts, including data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and system design.

  • Experience writing maintainable, well-tested production code.

  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate effectively with engineers and cross-functional partners.

  • Note the 1-year total of specialized software engineering experience may have been gained through education and full-time work experience, additional training, coursework, research, or similar (OR some combination of these). The year of specialized experience is not necessarily in addition to the years of Education & full-time work experience indicated.

Technical skills:

Preferred:

  • Experience building scalable, high-throughput, and low-latency backend systems.

  • Familiarity with micro service architecture and distributed system technologies such as Kafka, Redis, MySQL and Thrift.

  • Experience with performance optimization, monitoring, observability, and production debugging.

  • Experience in driving cross-team projects.

For New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.

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 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.

Ready to Ride?

This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook — it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves — we'd love to hear from you.

You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits. (https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits/)

Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form. (https://forms.gle/aDWTk9k6xtMU25Y5A?uclick\_id=d56eb634-bfb9-455e-a50d-901b3de0490c)

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb_Y9Bv8-lWDMbpidF2GKXsxzNh11wUUVS7fM1znOfEJsVeA/viewform

How this job compares

Set against the 41,225 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$202–224K/yr
  • New York median$158–225K/yr2,371 salary ranges
  • US median$134–215K/yr32,917 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $213K, is 11% above the New York median midpoint ($193K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 3,051 open Software Engineer jobs in New York and 41,225 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (33,478 postings).
Education
14,294 of the 41,225 open Software Engineer jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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