What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Manager II, Fares Platform position at Uber?
About The Role
The Marketplace Fares Platform Team powers global fares for all of Uber - that's all riders, drivers, eaters, new initiatives and technical consumers. Tens of billions of dollars in gross bookings flow through the systems and experiences within our responsibility. Our scope and critical work spans the entire stack - from platform fare calculation for riders and drivers, to data science prediction of trustworthy upfront prices, to compelling mobile fare experiences for our customers.
Fares is a full stack team with two product-centric tracks supporting the mobility & delivery business verticals and multiple platform-centric tracks (Fares Integrity, Reliability, Data & Framework). On this team, you'll work closely with product, operations, data science, and engineering teams throughout the company.
We are looking for a technical leader with a platform mindset who will manage the team that focus on evolving our platform offerings as we onboard & support new use cases in our portfolio. We want you to work cross functionally across the company to bring all of Uber's new solutions to life and be supported on our platform. Your work will be instrumental in making these launches a success.
You'll be leaned on to strategically align the team's charter and vision while also managing the execution of the team. This is a unique role as you'll get to wear multiple hats in thinking through operations, product requirements, and build the right platform capabilities abstracting the common patterns when working on problems. By unlocking the Fares platform for new modalities, businesses and problem spaces we ensure Uber at large can move faster, constantly and auditably; all while benefiting from the agility, scale and reliability trust of the Marketplace Fares Platform.
What You'll Do
Strategic Platform Leadership and Team Development
Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of technical excellence and accountability. Drive the technical vision and roadmap by consistently translating complex business and product requirements into generic, reusable platform capabilities that ensure scale, reliability, and financial precision across the entire Fares system.
Architectural Ownership & Extensibility
Own the design and architecture of highly scalable, reliable, and financially precise Fares calculation and distribution systems. Apply a rigorous platform mindset to solve the high-cardinality vs precision vs scale problem of real-time fare computation, ensuring all solutions are extensible and integrate seamlessly with critical downstream systems like
money movement, tax, and accounting)
Execution, Delivery, and Operational Excellence
Own the end-to-end execution of critical platform projects (e.g., core fare integrity systems, new financial product rollouts). Implement and refine planning and prioritization processes to manage competing demands. Ensure best-in-class operational health, driving initiatives for service reliability, performance, and the efficient validation of complex, multi-dimensional fare changes.
Cross-Functional Influence and Alignment
Proactively partner with Product, Data Science, Operations, Finance, and Tax teams to gather requirements, manage dependencies, and drive consensus. Represent the team in critical technical and product discussions, providing strategic input and ensuring the Fares platform's capabilities are leveraged effectively across all of Uber's lines of business.
Basic Qualifications
The Marketplace Fares Platform Team powers global fares for all of Uber - that's all riders, drivers, eaters, new initiatives and technical consumers. Tens of billions of dollars in gross bookings flow through the systems and experiences within our responsibility. Our scope and critical work spans the entire stack - from platform fare calculation for riders and drivers, to data science prediction of trustworthy upfront prices, to compelling mobile fare experiences for our customers.
Fares is a full stack team with two product-centric tracks supporting the mobility & delivery business verticals and multiple platform-centric tracks (Fares Integrity, Reliability, Data & Framework). On this team, you'll work closely with product, operations, data science, and engineering teams throughout the company.
We are looking for a technical leader with a platform mindset who will manage the team that focus on evolving our platform offerings as we onboard & support new use cases in our portfolio. We want you to work cross functionally across the company to bring all of Uber's new solutions to life and be supported on our platform. Your work will be instrumental in making these launches a success.
You'll be leaned on to strategically align the team's charter and vision while also managing the execution of the team. This is a unique role as you'll get to wear multiple hats in thinking through operations, product requirements, and build the right platform capabilities abstracting the common patterns when working on problems. By unlocking the Fares platform for new modalities, businesses and problem spaces we ensure Uber at large can move faster, constantly and auditably; all while benefiting from the agility, scale and reliability trust of the Marketplace Fares Platform.
What You'll Do
Strategic Platform Leadership and Team Development
Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of technical excellence and accountability. Drive the technical vision and roadmap by consistently translating complex business and product requirements into generic, reusable platform capabilities that ensure scale, reliability, and financial precision across the entire Fares system.
Architectural Ownership & Extensibility
Own the design and architecture of highly scalable, reliable, and financially precise Fares calculation and distribution systems. Apply a rigorous platform mindset to solve the high-cardinality vs precision vs scale problem of real-time fare computation, ensuring all solutions are extensible and integrate seamlessly with critical downstream systems like
money movement, tax, and accounting)
Execution, Delivery, and Operational Excellence
Own the end-to-end execution of critical platform projects (e.g., core fare integrity systems, new financial product rollouts). Implement and refine planning and prioritization processes to manage competing demands. Ensure best-in-class operational health, driving initiatives for service reliability, performance, and the efficient validation of complex, multi-dimensional fare changes.
Cross-Functional Influence and Alignment
Proactively partner with Product, Data Science, Operations, Finance, and Tax teams to gather requirements, manage dependencies, and drive consensus. Represent the team in critical technical and product discussions, providing strategic input and ensuring the Fares platform's capabilities are leveraged effectively across all of Uber's lines of business.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 10 years of relevant experience in software engineering.
- 2 years of experience in an engineering management role, leading technical teams through technical leads.
- Strong leadership skills but also deeply technical: Proven experience designing, building, and operating high-scale, backend distributed systems. Requires a solid understanding of technical architecture, system design, and problem-solving acumen.
- Experience with various project management and prioritization frameworks.
- Experience leading pricing and/or fintech platform teams
- Experience with building and scaling real-time business platforms, managing systems that impact core company revenue and products
- Proven ability to approach product and business challenges with a platform-first mindset to achieve maximum leverage and extensibility.
- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and influencing skills, with a strong track record of successful cross-functional collaboration and executive stakeholder management.
- Strong understanding of financial data modeling, API design, and microservices architecture in a complex, interconnected environment.
- A high bar across the board - for your own contributions, for the people you work with, and for the products you work on.
Salary : $223,000 - $248,000