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Uber

Software Engineer II , Backend

On site

New york, United states

$ 185,500 /year

Junior

Full Time

21-01-2026

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Skills

Python Java node.js Mathematics

Job Specifications

About The Role

As an engineer in the Ads Bidding and Pacing team, you will focus on developing & optimizing Auto Bidding and Budget Pacing systems.

What You'll Do

Design, implementation, and maintenance of high-performance bidding and pacing systems.
Ensure these systems meet or exceed campaign performance goals, advertiser expectations, and system reliability standards.
Partner with Product Managers, Data Scientists, and other engineering teams to deliver a bid-based budget pacing system that ensures daily/weekly budget delivery.
Maximize Conversions, which leverages real-time bidding to meet key advertiser goals.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field
3 years of Software Engineering work experience
Strong command of a backend stack (eg. Golang, Java, Node.js, Python, etc)

Preferred Qualifications

Industry experience working on distributed systems: developing reliable, high performance, highly scalable and low latency software
Demonstrated examples of delivering production-level features from inception,
Platform / Backend experience is required
Demonstrable knowledge of the principles of fault-tolerance, reliability and durability.
Any AdTech experience especially in Ads Marketplace /Auction Bidding/Pacing would be very useful.

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 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. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits., For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 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. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.

About the Company

We are Uber. The go-getters. The kind of people who are relentless about our mission to help people go anywhere and get anything and earn their way. Movement is what we power. It’s our lifeblood. It runs through our veins. It’s what gets us out of bed each morning. It pushes us to constantly reimagine how we can move better. For you. For all the places you want to go. For all the things you want to get. For all the ways you want to earn. Across the entire world. In real time. At the incredible speed of now. The idea for Ube... Know more