Software Engineer II, Backend

About the role

Uber’s Brazil Tech Center is looking for a Software Engineer II to work on core backend systems for its Delivery or Mobility organizations. You will own critical components that power millions of trips and deliveries worldwide, making high‑impact engineering decisions in a fast‑paced environment.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain modular, scalable backend components and features.
• Deliver end‑to‑end technical solutions across the full software development lifecycle.
• Resolve complex problems with multiple dependencies, balancing trade‑offs such as latency versus throughput.
• Write clean, efficient, well‑tested code and champion best practices for code health.
• Proactively monitor, troubleshoot and fix production issues, including participation in on‑call rotations.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and collaborate with product, operations and design teams.

Required profile

• Minimum 4 years of experience delivering software independently across the full development lifecycle.
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language (e.g., Golang, Java, C++, Python).
• Strong computer‑science fundamentals including algorithms, data structures and complexity analysis.
• Understanding of modular component design and system trade‑offs (latency vs. throughput, SQL vs. NoSQL).
• Experience with code and design reviews, reducing technical debt, and writing comprehensive test cases.
• Fluent English for global collaboration and documentation.

Required skills

• Golang
• Java
• C++
• Python
• SQL
• NoSQL
• Testing frameworks
• Debugging and monitoring tools