Uber Software Developer reviews

3.9

73% would recommend to a friend

(552 total reviews)
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Dara Khosrowshahi

83% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Uber with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 552 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Uber is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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552 reviews
5.0
Aug 22, 2017

Much better than I expected

Recommend
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Pros

Despite intensive press coverage of the company (not always positive, as you might have noticed), from inside this is a very convenient/inspiring place to work at. What I like: - competitive compensation. I've been working at many places and sometimes my employers played Scrooge McDuck on annual performance reviews (some of them are still searching for "replacement", all these years). At Uber, in contrast, I faced with reasonable attitude from the very beginning. Will see how it goes. - interesting "Uber-scale" projects. I feel I'm getting smarter with every month. Soon after joining the company I found myself in a position of a fresh graduate on his/her first job (despite 10+ years of experience). Uber is growing rapidly, which in turn requires bleeding edge technologies/approaches to be invented/implemented/accepted. I'm in love with my profession, so working on large-scale projects makes me experience technological orgasm. - reasonable level of management. As an engineer I have an initiative here. I don't need to discuss every single breath I make, though of course I'm not completely free. - friendly atmosphere inside the company. People are different, so one may face different characters/attitudes. Nevertheless, general mood is friendly and people are more or less relaxed.

Cons

- Workload is high. Plenty of challenging and demanding tasks. I'd say that work/life balance is shifted towards "work". - I'd prefer more spacious offices.

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Uber Response
8y
Thanks so much for taking the time to send this review in. You touch on some really important aspects of working here that we hear consistently and make Uber a unique place to work. I especially love how you call out the experience of working on "Uber-scale" projects and feeling like a fresh graduate as you learn and get smarter - totally spot on. Thanks again for the review and for joining us for the ride. Keep up the great work!
4.0
Aug 15, 2017

Uber

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast paced and lots of opportunities of learning and personal growth if you know what you want

Cons

Current media perception, and lacking direction from leadership

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Uber Response
8y
Thanks for the review!
3.0
Aug 2, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good learning opportunities for new engineers. Lots of latent business potential. Flexibility in moving across teams expands horizons Good benefits like 401k, health insurance etc

Cons

Engineering leadership is very weak and nontechnical Attrition is high on teams like payments. The management team has not been able to hire top talent A really weak CTO, non technical VPE

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Uber Response
8y
Thanks for highlighting the learning opportunities that exist for engineers. If you ever want to connect offline to talk offline about ways we can make Uber better for everyone, feel free to reach out - pierce@uber.com.
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