At Uber, we ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. We take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 600 cities around the world.
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world forward, together.
About the Role
As an Android Engineer on Uber’s Sofia Engineering team you will dig into the complex but rewarding world of money systems, real-time tax calculation and reporting, all at massive scale. Our work helps our partners be globally compliant and Uber be competitive in a highly regulated and complex industries such as transportation, logistics, and food.
What You’ll Do
- Work on the code behind apps used by millions globally every day. In hundreds of cities, people tap their phones to get a ride, get food delivered, or earn extra cash with Uber. We’re looking for talented engineers to make sure every one of those experiences is magical.
- Collaborate with some of the best mobile developers on the planet to build tools, enhance the user experience for our Uber riders and drivers, and exercise the latest features offered on iOS and Android.
- Ensure your mobile applications perform and scale in production
- Leverage the entire mobile platform and on board hardware to solve complex problems that directly impact the business
What You’ll Need
- 3+ years experience with developing, releasing, and maintaining mobile code
- In-depth knowledge of the Android application framework
- Advanced knowledge of at least one programming language, and of OOP patterns
- Proficient writing unit/functional tests
- Fluent with Java and have an in-depth knowledge of the Android SDK
- Experience working with test automation frameworks
- Strong sense of ownership, and initiative to fix problems and optimize systems that are both inside and outside your area of responsibility
- Willingness and optimism to try new ideas; ability to quickly adapt and learn from mistakes and from other team members
- Strong focus on high-quality mobile UI experiences
Bonus Points If
- Experience with other mobile platforms and iOS in particular
- Full-stack development experience, including backend API design and applications development
- Experience working in systems handling high volume financial transactions
- Open source profile (such as Github) with some interesting projects
About the Team
Our team is responsible for several key capabilities associated with a trip or a delivery: from real-time tax rate calculation, to issuing all related documents that are important for our riders and partners (receipts, invoices, tax reports), to providing our partners with real-time and easy access to their tax data from within 3rd party partner applications like Intuit, Stride and HR Block. The platforms that we build need to be highly scalable (handling data from dozens of millions of trips per day), highly available (our riders and partners need access to their documents & data 24/7) and highly flexible (Uber is operating in 80+ countries around the world, each with its own compliance requirements)
Visit our Sofia Engineering website here.
Be sure to check out the Uber Engineering Blog to learn more about the team.