{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"85913b46e2ef752e29bcd4af","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/85913b46e2ef752e29bcd4af","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/85913b46e2ef752e29bcd4af","title":"Senior Software Engineer, Web","description":"About the Role\n\nSearch 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. The Search Experience team will be 15 engineers across Backend, Web and Full-stack. 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.\n\nYou will design and ship the systems that power our next-generation search results by engineering new modes for intent expression & discovery. Beyond just building 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 -\n\nBuild intent expression and results modules that improve discovery and decision-making.\nSet and enforce performance standards (page load, responsiveness, memory/network efficiency).\nDrive experimentation end-to-end with DS: hypotheses, instrumentation, ramp plans, and readouts.\nPartner with backend/platform teams on contracts, navigation patterns, and bridge capabilities.\nMentor engineers and raise the bar on debugging rigor, code quality, and execution.\n- Basic Qualifications -\n\n6+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping high-impact, user-facing products.\nStrong TypeScript/JavaScript + web fundamentals (rendering, performance, debugging).\nProven experience in designing and implementing scalable, performant, and reliable front-end architectures.\nA strong sense of product intuition and a passion for the user experience; you're not just an implementer, you want to understand the why .\nStrong cross-functional communication with PM, Design, and Data Science.\n- Preferred Qualifications -\n\nYou have direct experience building high-traffic, low-latency, user-facing presentation layers for Search, Recommendations, or E-commerce platforms.\nYou have a history of successfully leading complex, cross-functional projects on the frontend and enjoy the ambiguity and autonomy that comes with it.\nYou have a deep understanding of browser performance, core web vitals, and what it takes to build and maintain highly-available, low-latency user interfaces at scale.\nYou are data-driven and comfortable digging into frontend metrics (e.g., p90 latency, page load speed, client-side drop-offs) to diagnose and improve the user experience.\nYou elevate the engineers around you through thoughtful code reviews, clear design documentation, and mentorship.\n\nFor San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$202,000 per year - USD$224,000 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$202,000 per year - USD$224,000 per year. For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. 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