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Uber

Software Engineer II - Backend, Delivery & Ads

Hybrid

Toronto, Canada

Junior

Full Time

14-01-2026

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Skills

Python Java Go Problem-solving Architecture Programming Organization C++ Microservices Mathematics

Job Specifications

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)

Our Delivery organization solves complex logistical and discovery challenges at a massive scale. Through this centralized pipeline, we are hiring top-tier backend talent and team-matching you based on your strengths across these core pillars:

Ads: The Uber Advertising team is building the next generation of display and video ads to help brands grow on Uber's marketplace. They own the critical ad supply and serving layers across the global marketplace, focusing on optimizing supply for existing formats and building engaging new ad experiences while balancing advertiser performance with an exceptional shopper experience. The team also includes the Ads Metrics & Attribution team, which builds high-throughput streaming infrastructure for the business's mission-critical "source of truth."

Search: The engine for discovery that drives over a third of our business. We're on a mission to evolve search from a simple query box into an adaptive, intuitive experience that understands user intent before they even finish typing.

Grocery: Fastest growing business vertical, delighting customers with next-hour delivery of household essentials from their favorite local stores. The Shopper Experience team is focused on building best-in-class products and technology to help shoppers fulfill grocery order s

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

Basiq Qualifications

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
1 year of experience with backend development, building and delivering end-user products.

Preferred Qualifications

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 algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis

For Canada-based roles: The base salary range for this role is CAD$144,000 per year - CAD$160,000 per year. 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 Canada-based roles: The base salary range for this role is CAD$144,000 per year - CAD$160,000 per year. 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