About the Role At Uber payments are at the heart of every trip delivery and transaction We re looking for someone with a passion for designing building and scaling highly-available mission-critical systems that support millions of users during their payment experience If you thrive on technical depth cross-functional impact and a relentless drive for reliability then this role is for you You ll work at the intersection of regulatory compliance complex transactional systems and partner experience building the next generation of systems and tools that power compliant payment flows partner payouts and user onboarding experiences across the globe This is more than just a backend role it s a chance to shape the future of compliance engineering You ll architect solutions that are not only robust and scalable but also designed for agility and adaptability in a way that accelerates platform readiness and empowers the business to grow confidently in recent and existing markets Why Join Us Help shape Uber s global payments architecture emphasizing system reliability as well as regulatory rigor Work with some of the sharpest minds in Payments Risk Infrastructure and Compliance Be a part of a team that takes its mission seriously and and equally values a strong sense of camaraderie and shared support What the Candidate Will Need Bonus Points - What the Candidate Will Do - Design scale code monitor and maintain highly critical set of services Contribute lead own and deliver multiple high impact and complex projects features Learn by working on the job with senior engineers on even bigger and complex problems impacting multiple products and teams across Uber Mentor and groom junior engineers - Basic Qualifications - MS BS in Computer science and at least 7 years of individual contributor experience as a software engineer Coding chops clean elegant bug-free code in any of the following languages - Go Java C The ability to go deep but also appreciate the challenge of going broad Uber has a huge stack and we re all over it backend services real-time dispatch machine learning mobile web development data and analytics infrastructure marketing systems Solid understanding of distributed systems architecture - consensus convergence load balancing data consistency and performance efficiency constructs Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues Intelligence High adaptability Ability to learn quickly Strong desire to learn and grow while building the best in class systems Strong flair for effective communication and collaboration - you know when to push on and when to step back Experience as a tech lead who has mentored led small teams in building product features at scale An ability to have fun while working on the hardest problems - Preferred Qualifications - Prior experience in Fintech Payments Compliance domain Prior experience in working with applications at scale Prior experience with Go