Uber Software Developer reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(553 total reviews)
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Dara Khosrowshahi

83% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Software Engineer Developer employees have rated Uber with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 553 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Uber is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer Developer professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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553 reviews
5.0
Sep 13, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

1) You get to solve interesting and meaningful problems 2) You work with very smart and friendly co-workers 3) You have high impacts and your code get deployed in production frequently 4) You are flexible on design decisions while you take ownership on projects

Cons

1) Code review and code style is not strongly enforced which sometimes can cause trouble or make it difficult to understand legacy code 2) Test in production culture -> there is no QA at Uber so everyone is QA. You are responsible for your own bug but many times people are not careful enough and cause outages in production 3) Technical debts 4) Sometimes people get fired simply because s/he isn't in good relationship with direct manager

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Uber Response
10y
Thank you for taking the time to provide this great feedback. I've passed it along within the engineering. -Andrew
5.0
Aug 20, 2015

Awesome ship for awesome engineers

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Uber is growing really really really fast. Seriously, you'll see the hockey stick growth everywhere, number of riders/drivers, number of new employees, number of money we make etc. This is also a really fun and cool place for Software Engineers. Compare to big companies, Uber is still very small. Each team is extremely small. There are so many problems we want to solve. My peers are extremely talented no matter how many years experience you have. Uber engineers focus on our mission, and execute it in a very efficient matter. Comparing to other startups, Uber is still moving extremely fast. Once you join, you'll see what kind of challenges we have. This is not just a feature. You'll have an impact! Also, you have a very friendly culture. At the end of day, I am solving a very interesting problem for millions of riders or drivers or even merchants. Everyone helps each other and learn from each other. By the way, saying is easier than doing. I've seen it in other companies. We also have very interesting tech talks. Again, you'll fee the scale of the impact you can make as a Uber engineer.

Cons

Lunch cartering could be better

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Uber Response
10y
Thank you for taking the time to put your thoughts on Glassdoor. Keep recruiting those engineers!!
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