Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer Department: Engineering Team: Fullstack Location: San Francisco, United States Type: Full-Time **About the Role** Search at Uber Eats is more than just a utility; it’s 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. We are looking for a senior engineer and product thinker to help us redefine how millions of users discover the food, groceries, and merchants on our platform. You will design and ship the systems that power our next-generation search results by engineering new modes for intent expression & discovery. You won’t just build features; you’ll improve how we build them. A key part of our charter is improving engineering foundations to increase velocity and modernize our tech stack. **\-\-\-\- What the Candidate Will Do ----** 1. **Own the Future of Search:** You will lead the technical strategy and end-to-end execution for core initiatives. This could mean building new experiences for discovery and intent refinement, building the search stack on a modular framework with rich targeting capabilities, or laying the groundwork for natural language search. 2. **Build for Millions of Users:** You'll design, code, and ship features using Go and modern web technologies. You'll solve complex challenges at the intersection of a cutting-edge backend stack of ranking and retrieval logic, and user-facing presentation. 3. **Drive the "Flywheel":** You will actively work with PMs, Designers, and UXR to understand the deep-seated needs of our users, shipping features that build user trust and kickstart a flywheel of engagement and discovery. 4. **Level-Up the Team:** As a senior technical voice, you will mentor other engineers, elevate our engineering foundations through initiatives that build modular components and reusable plugins, and champion a culture of high-quality code and rapid execution. **\-\-\-\- Basic Qualifications ----** 1. 6+ years of professional software engineering ex