Staff Software Engineer (Frontend / Full-stack)

Staff Software Engineer (Frontend / Full-stack) Department: Engineering Team: Frontend Location: Sunnyvale, United States Type: Full-Time **About the Role** The Financial Products team is a highly focused growth team with a mission to build out Uber’s financial services. As one of the company’s core strategic initiatives, the team is responsible for launching high-impact projects that push the boundaries of Uber's services and offerings and has a direct impact on the company's performance. On this team, we build user-facing fintech products and services that interface with the entire Uber platform. We ship on a global scale and pursue strategic projects in various markets to empower Uber’s business. **What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points** \-\-\-\- What the Candidate Will Do ---- 1. Lead and execute on web projects that span across multiple engineering teams 2. Collaborate closely with product, design, and business teams to design and implement new product ideas and business needs with a scalable solution 3. Drive adoption of best practices in code health, testing, and maintainability 4. Play an active role in the team's technical design choices, code reviews, and documentation \-\-\-\- Basic Qualifications ---- 1. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 2. 7+ years working with Web technology and technical software engineering experience; 3. Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript 4. Experience developing web applications using frameworks like React or Node.js 5. Familiarity with microservices and API design 6. Architecting, building, and maintaining web applications 7. Experience with data analytics and experimental design in an engineering context. \-\-\-\- Preferred Qualifications ---- 1. Great sense of ownership 2. Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment. 3. Robust understanding of client-side performance optimizations and modern browser capabilities. 4. Solid experience with modern js frameworks, such as Fusion/React. 5. Demonstrated fluency with one or more general-purpose pro