Software Engineer II- Grocery & Retail - Uber

July 16, 2026

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About the Role Collaborates with stakeholders within the team to build and maintain backend services and solutions to support user-facing products. About the Team (We are hiring for multiple teams) Grocery & Retail is Uber's newest and fast growing business line, delighting customers with next-hour delivery of household essentials from their favorite local stores. The team is focused on building best-in-class products and technology to support merchants, consumers and couriers in shopping and fulfilling orders on the Uber platform. We solve challenging technical problems across consumer experiences, fulfillment orchestration, search, ranking, recommendations, catalog and merchant platforms to meet the needs of the growing business. The Grocery and Retail team is looking for a Software Engineer to execute on the team's ambitious and fast-paced technology strategy. This is an important and visible role with a potential for significant impact on the fast growing grocery and retail business. We are looking for someone with deep knowledge and passion for software engineering, enjoys solving challenging technical and product problems, and can effectively collaborate with stakeholders. What You'll Do

Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable software solutions
Collaborate with product managers, cross-engineering teams, data scientists and other partners to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications
Identify opportunities and lead of the entire development lifecycle end-to-end, from architecture design and coding to deployment
Conduct thorough code reviews, offering constructive feedback to maintain high code quality and elevate coding standards
Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and industry trends, evaluating their potential impact on our software systems and recommending appropriate integrations or improvements
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field with at least 1 year of full-time Software Engineering work experience OR PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field
Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Java, C++, Python, or Go
2+ year of experience with backend development, building and delivering end-user products.
Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field
More than 3 years of full-time Software Engineering work experience
Proven experience building highly available distributed systems (at Uber scale) and working across multiple backend services
Experience working on scalable backend systems utilizing a microservices architecture
High bar for quality as demonstrated by code reviews, documentation, unit and integration testing
Experience with optimization techniques and algorithmic development
Strong problem-solving skills, with expertise in

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