What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2026 PhD Software Engineer Intern (Airports & Travel), United States position at Jobs via Dice?
We're looking for PhD candidates to intern on the Airports & Travel team during summer 2026 (12 weeks). You will be embedded in our engineering team and work closely with other specialists, software developers, and product managers. As a PhD intern, you will work on an exciting yet bold problem in depth and independently, under the supervision of an experienced engineer on that team.
About The Team
The Uber Airports team manages the largest segment within Uber's rides business. Our mission is to help airport travelers understand what to expect, when to request a ride, where to go, and how to find their driver, no matter where they land in the world.
We specialize in optimizing Uber products for airport scenarios, developing software solutions that cater to the needs of Uber riders, drivers, and airport operators. If you're interested in working on something impactful and used by millions of people, consider joining our team!
What You'll Do
You will also be eligible for various benefits.
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 fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing [this form](;br>
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.
About The Team
The Uber Airports team manages the largest segment within Uber's rides business. Our mission is to help airport travelers understand what to expect, when to request a ride, where to go, and how to find their driver, no matter where they land in the world.
We specialize in optimizing Uber products for airport scenarios, developing software solutions that cater to the needs of Uber riders, drivers, and airport operators. If you're interested in working on something impactful and used by millions of people, consider joining our team!
What You'll Do
- Drive exciting, ambitious, previously unsolved projects from end to end
- Thrive in ambiguous product requirements
- Collaborate with product managers, data scientists and machine learning engineers closely
- Make data driven decisions, with exceptional execution
- Be motivated to own projects and push them forward with independence
- Most importantly, have a passion to make Uber better for our customers
- Currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program studying distributed systems or a related engineering field
- Candidates must have at least one semester/quarter of their education left following the internship
- Knowledge of underlying technical foundations of distributed systems and microservice architectures
- Experience in one or more object-oriented languages, including Java, Go, Python, or C
- Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with stakeholders to understand business requirements and build cross-functional solutions
- Experience in simplifying/converting business problems into technical problems
- Experience with relational databases and distributed storage systems (MySQL, Cassandra)
- Dive deep into multiple tech stacks across the company to create scalable micro-services and implement efficient algorithms
- Track the success of your feature experiments, collaborating with Data Science and Product teams to iterate on delightful user experiences
You will also be eligible for various benefits.
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 fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing [this form](;br>
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.
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