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Sr. Software Engineer - Backend
Uber Freight US LLC · 🇺🇸 Chicago, IL 60607, United States
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 23 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 61 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Uber Freight US LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Software Engineer III (Backend)” (Software Developers) in CA: $160k–$160k, median $160k. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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Sponsor Radar — Uber Freight US LLC
The US Department of Labor certified 23 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 61 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job ID: 3448 Position Title: Sr. Software Engineer - Backend Company/Employer: Uber Freight US LLC Location: 433 West Van Buren Street, Chicago, IL 60607 JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: • Architect and develop high quality software – efficient, maintainable, and scalable development of multiple applications and services. • Adhere to safe coding practices from security, dependency, and risk mitigation perspectives. • Identify the impacts on other modules and applications of the systems, including in the content of distributed systems. • Assist project leadership in creating estimations of work for client projects, estimating required staffing resources, participating in interviews, and determining the project software development schedule. • Work with version control complexities, including multiple concurrent branches and multi-branch merges. • Perform unit and integration testing in a deployment environment to verify the delivered implementation meets the given requirements. • Identify gaps in testing methodology and suggest alternative solutions or framework. • Provide support for implementations to Business Analysts and Technical Support in resolving production issues and providing key contributions in resolution. • Act as a specialist in complex matters to perform in-depth evaluation and analysis of variable factors. • Lead large, complex projects end to end while collaborating with other engineers and cross-functional stakeholders from Product, Design, Operations, and Data Science. • Mentor junior software engineers. • Define architecture for cross team projects. • Accountable for delivery of complex workstreams. • Create and assign tasks to complete large-scale projects. • Work independently to deliver projects with increased levels of complexity and ambiguity. MINIMUM EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: • Requires a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a directly related field of study, plus the following experience: 1. 3 years of experience in Golang. 2. 3 years of experience in Go FX. 3. 3 years of experience in Thrift. 4. 3 years of experience in gRPC. 5. 3 years of experience in Bazel. 6. 3 years of experience in Message Queues. 7. 3 years of experience in Grafana. 8. 3 years of experience in ELK. 9. 3 years of experience in MySQL. 10. 3 years of experience in GORM. 11. 3 years of experience in Go-sqlmock. 12. 3 years of experience in Goland. 13. 3 years of experience in VS Code. 14. 3 years of experience in Shell Scripting. 15. 2 years of experience in Redis. 16. 2 years of experience in Phabricator. 17. 2 years of experience in Sourcegraph. 18. 2 years of experience in Zap logging framework. 19. 2 years of experience in a transportation or logistics environment. 20. 2 years of experience in the web development frameworks React or AngularJS. 21. 2 years of experience in M3 metrics. 22. 2 years of experience in Yarpc. • Experience may be gained concurrently. • Hybrid position. Work from home available 2 days per week. Must reside within commuting distance of employer's Chicago, IL office. Various unanticipated worksites. SALARY: $184,993.00/year to $211,550.00.year. Benefits & Compensation for U.S. Employees Employees working more than 30 hours in the US at Uber Freight are eligible for benefits like a company sponsored health plan, dental and vision benefits, 401k match, financial and mental wellness benefits, parental leave, short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance and more. US based employees may also be eligible for a performance or sales incentive bonus program, participation in Uber Freight equity awards, and other types of compensation depending upon the role. About Uber Freight Uber Freight helps companies move goods more reliably and