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Software Engineer II - Search

Uber

$136,000 - $185,500
Jun 10, 2025
Seattle, WA, US
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The company is looking to improve the search experience and system efficiency of Uber Eats by building and optimizing high-performance search systems.

Requirements

  • Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Go.
  • Experience with data structures, algorithms, and information retrieval concepts.
  • Understanding of distributed systems, caching, and performance optimization.
  • Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases for indexing and storage.
  • Hands-on experience with search technologies such as Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Solr, or Vespa.
  • Familiarity with search ranking techniques, query understanding, and text processing.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and optimize search algorithms, ranking models, and query processing techniques.
  • Enhance search relevance by improving indexing, retrieval, and ranking mechanisms.
  • Implement and maintain scalable search pipelines and distributed indexing systems.
  • Analyze search performance metrics and run A/B experiments to measure improvements.
  • Optimize latency, throughput, and scalability of search infrastructure.
  • Contribute to system design and architecture decisions to improve search quality and efficiency.
  • Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code in Python, Java, or Go.

Other

  • 2+ years of experience in software engineering
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance search relevance and user experience.
  • Monitor and troubleshoot search-related production issues to ensure system reliability.
  • For Canada-based roles: The base salary range for this role is CAD$136,000 per year - CAD$151,000 per year.
  • For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 per year.
  • For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 per year.
  • Eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp.
  • Eligible for various benefits.