Software Engineer Intern - Summer 2026 bei Uber Freight

About the Role

As an engineering intern on the Platform Team at Uber Freight, you develop and support distributed micro-services that power the lifecycle of shipments on the platform. You will also maintain Freight’s search infrastructure, making sure it scales as we ingest more data and handle more users.

At your disposal will be the tools that helped Uber grow to be a worldwide company, as well as new and upcoming tech from our Compute, Platform, Search, and Infra teams.

What the Candidate Will Do

• Naturally curious. You're innovative and creative in your problem-solving and you constantly search for ways to tweak and optimize processes.
• Fast learner. We're looking for interns who thrive with learning new technologies and don't believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. You should be able to adapt easily to meet the needs of our substantial growth and constantly evolving business environment.
• A great teammate. You believe that you can achieve more on a team -- that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. You rely on others' candid feedback for continuous improvement.

Basic Qualifications

• Actively pursuing a Bachelors, Masters or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical subject area.
• Good experience with at least one programming language preferably in Java, Go, or Python.
• Proven software engineering experience through previous internships, work experience, hackathons, coding challenges, and/or publications.
• Ability to work at Frisco, Texas, or Chicago, IL locations
• Ability to work full-time, 40 hours, between 6/1/2026 - 08/07/2026  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building Search infrastructures, Indexing pipelines
• Experience with Search technologies (Lucene, ElasticSearch, Solr)
• Knowledge of stream/batch processing engines (Apache Spark, Apache Flink)
• Experience working with microservices
• Experience with storage technologies (SQL, Hive)

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.

For Illinois based roles: The salary range for this role is $30/hour.

About Uber Freight 

Uber Freight is a market-leading enterprise technology company powering intelligent logistics. With a suite of end-to-end logistics applications, managed services and an expansive carrier network, Uber Freight advances supply chains and moves the world’s goods. Today, the company manages nearly $20B of freight and one of the largest networks of carriers. It is backed by best-in-class investors and provides services for 1 in 3 Fortune 500 companies, including Del Monte Foods, Nestle, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and more. For more, visit www.uberfreight.com.

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EEOC

Uber Freight is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards 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.