Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer Department: Engineering Team: Backend Location: Hyderabad, India Type: Full-Time **About the Role** Uber Courier is a product on Uber Rider app that allows any consumer to request a delivery from or to any other consumer within their city. This can be anything from sending documents for signature or returning forgotten keys. The role will work alongside a cross-functional engineering team to deliver product features on the roadmap to propel the product growth, collaborating with backend & mobile engineers, product manager, designers and data scientist. **\-\-\-\- What You Will Do ----** 1. Provide technical direction and hands-on solving of technical problems 2. Building strategic relationships with stakeholders across teams to align and deliver on goals, including leading org-wide engineering projects through all lifecycle stages. 3. Establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with diverse internal stakeholders (e.g., engineers, product managers, designers) to drive project and organizational goals. 4. Contribute to engineering culture in terms of quality, monitoring, and on-call practices. 5. Uplevel and enhance the engineering team via mentorship, best practices, and role modeling. 6. Identify value and create efficiencies and teach others to do this as well. 7. Provide technical leadership to the full engineering team up to and including the senior level engineers. 8. Playing an active role in recruiting, interviewing, and continuously raising the hiring bar, as well as onboarding and mentoring new engineers. **\-\-\-\- What You Will Need ----** 1. 10+ years engineering experience 2. Strong Technical Experience: Candidates require significant software engineering experience, highlighting expertise in Java, Go, or other primary programming languages. 3. System Design: Proven experience in designing scalable and efficient system architectures. 4. Problem Solving Skills: Advanced problem-solving skills, adept at complex technical challenges. 5. Coding Skills: Deep knowledge of data structures and algorithms. 6. Communication: