Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Delivery

**About the role and team**
Grocery and Retail is one of Uber's newest and fastest-growing business lines, fundamentally transforming how consumers receive everyday essentials from local stores. As part of the Grocery Fulfillment team, you will design and build the platform-level distributed capabilities that handle a grocery order from the second it is placed until it hits the customer's doorstep. This high-visibility role directly impacts millions of consumers and shoppers globally by preparing our backend infrastructure for 10x scale.
Operating at this scale means wrestling with legacy complexities, high-concurrency systems, and fast-shifting business priorities where textbook answers rarely exist. To thrive here, you must bring a deep sense of ownership, exceptional grit, and a systems-thinking mindset to navigate ambiguity without waiting for perfect information. If you prefer highly predictable roadmaps and neatly defined tasks over the challenge of building a global platfo...