Why you should apply for a job with Uber:
Fairygodboss members working at Uber rated their manager’s support a 4.4/5
- 74%
Reviewers say women are treated fairly and equally to men
- 80%
Reviewers say the CEO supports gender diversity
18 weeks paid leave for new parents (birthing and non-birthing); flexible work options for parents & caregivers; family planning resources
Women of Uber Employee Resource Group offering networking, professional development, and peer mentoring
Strong commitment and meaningful progress to increasing gender diversity (+1.2% women in leadership from 2020 to 2021; +2% women overall)
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Position summary
Whether engineering more accurate ETAs or helping drivers navigate to the perfect pick-up spot, our mapping technologies are integral to the magic of the Uber platform. On the Maps Engineering team, we use the latest ML, GPS, and telematics solutions to make transportation on our platform safer and more accessible.
About the Role
You will be part of the Navigation team that builds Uber's navigation experience, which our driver partners use worldwide. As an Android Engineer, you will build clear visual and spoken guidance systems to help drivers move people and goods as efficiently, and as safely, as possible.
What You'll Do
- Substantially evolve key navigation systems used by millions of drivers a day in the core trip flow
- Work alongside backend engineers to drive end-to-end experiences that involve visual, text and voice guidance
- Partner closely with the sister teams in Maps Display, Maps Routing, Driver and Eats Courier to increase consistency and efficiency during the Pickup and Dropoff (PUDO) experience.
- Deep collaborations with UberAI, basemaps, safety and UXR teams
- Half a billion minutes on navigation screen time per day
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
- Strong experience in either Kotlin and/or Java
Preferred Qualifications
- MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field
- At least five (5) years of software engineering experience
- Experience with writing, releasing, maintaining mobile code
- Experience analyzing a feature in production using analytics and experiments
- Experience efficiently collaborating on projects
- Experiences with mapping or navigation solutions
- Contributions to Android community via open source
What are Uber perks and benefits
Lactation facilities
Diversity recruiting
Coaching
Diversity performance
Sabbatical
Networking
Unconscious bias training
Paid paternity
Paid maternity
About the company
We reimagine the way the world moves for the better. We are Uber. The go-getters. The kind of people who are relentless about our mission to help people go anywhere and get anything. Movement is what we do. It’s our lifeblood. It runs through our veins. It’s what gets us out of bed each morning. It pushes us to constantly reimagine how we can move better. For you. For all the places you want to go. For all the things you want to get. For all the ways you want to earn. Across the entire world. In real-time. At the incredible speed of now.
Why you should apply for a job with Uber:
Fairygodboss members working at Uber rated their manager’s support a 4.4/5
- 74%
Reviewers say women are treated fairly and equally to men
- 80%
Reviewers say the CEO supports gender diversity
18 weeks paid leave for new parents (birthing and non-birthing); flexible work options for parents & caregivers; family planning resources
Women of Uber Employee Resource Group offering networking, professional development, and peer mentoring
Strong commitment and meaningful progress to increasing gender diversity (+1.2% women in leadership from 2020 to 2021; +2% women overall)