About the Role Role Summary:

We are seeking a passionate Android Engineer to join our Communication Platform team. In this role, you will design, build, and innovate on the services that power our communication with millions of users. You will be instrumental in developing common solutions that work across the entire company, ensuring a consistent and seamless customer experience.

What You'll Do:

1. Design and implement innovative solutions for core communication services across channels like messaging, chat, email, push notifications, and phone support.
2. Develop and enhance common, reusable platform components that serve various teams and products.
3. Work with cutting-edge technologies to solve complex challenges in scalability and reliability.
4. Architect and build new solutions from the ground up for evolving business needs.
5. Integrate the latest features from Apple and Google, as well as Large Language Models (LLMs), to modernize our communication channels.

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

---- What the Candidate Will Do ----

1. Feature or product development within Communication Platform that spans mobile work.
2. Writes high-quality code (i.e., reliable, readable, efficient, testable), provides quality code reviews, and creates comprehensive tests and quality documentation using software engineering principles.
3. Participates in on-call rotations and follows best practices to troubleshoot production incidents with some guidance.
4. Monitors product quality in the production environment, identifying, triaging and fixing bugs and inefficiencies.

---- Basic Qualifications ----

1. Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science.
2. 5+ years of experience in executing Android-based projects, providing technical guidance and training in Android development to teams of mobile engineers, and ensuring successful project completion.
3. Deep expertise in Java or Kotlin, with a thorough understanding of the Android SDK, architecture components, and design patterns.
4. Familiarity with mobile development tools such as Android Studio, and experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
5. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and third-party collaborators (e.g., Google, Apple).

---- Preferred Qualifications ----

1. Proficiency in Android development using Kotlin or Java.

Experience with Android SDK and relevant libraries.

Understanding of Android architecture components (e.g., View Model, Live Data).
2. Cross-Platform Proficiency: Proven experience or willing to learn developing and shipping high-quality applications on at least one major mobile platform (iOS or Android), with a strong desire and demonstrated ability to learn and contribute to the other.
3. Full-Stack Acumen (A Major Plus): Experience or a strong interest in expanding skills into either front-end (e.g., React) or back-end (e.g., Node.js, Python, Java, Go) development. A candidate who can contribute to the entire software stack is highly desirable.
4. UI/UX Sensibility: A keen eye for detail and a passion for creating intuitive, user-centric mobile interfaces. Experience collaborating closely with product designers to translate wireframes and mockups into pixel-perfect, responsive UIs.

Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuelds progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.

Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@uber.com.