As an Engineering Manager for Uber Eats, Purnima Aiyar's helping merchants get up and running faster and easier than ever. Explore how we're improving the merchant onboarding experience and check out our open roles on Built In →
"My motto in life is 'leave the world a better place than you found it' and I always strive to create a positive impact," shares Raquel Azar, our Dubai-based Head of Programs for Rides in the Middle East and Africa. "Working at Uber has made this possible, which is why I joined and am still part of the team 5 years on.”
"I realized very early on that Uber truly lives its values," shares Mike Laue who recently moved from Singapore to Amsterdam to help lead our local customer support team. "This is something that’s non-negotiable for me, and I’m grateful to be working with such a great group of people who truly care for each other, the community and the planet.”
As a General Manager of Uber Eats in Northern, Central & Eastern Europe, Aukeline Tolman is on the forefront of bringing on demand deliciousness (and more) to people across the region. As she builds the team and scales what's next, she relies on three pieces of advice →
“Not often do we get to work in a company whose product you use on a daily basis," shares Athira Menon, a Senior Manager for Public Policy based in Bangalore, India who joined Uber after a career in the social sector. "Many of the things that I have closely worked on have been central to how people experience moving in the city and that has been exciting work.”
“Believe it or not, but I took my first interview in an Uber," shares Prapti Singh, who left a marketeer's dream job to join Uber in 2017 as a Marketing Manager in Gurgaon, India. "It was definitely the best decision to step out of my comfort zone and try something new."
Joakim Recht is an Aarhus-based, Linux-using distinguished engineer who has spent 8 years at Uber “making myself obsolete.” To do that, his last 7 have focused on one thing, automating the management of services and databases at scale to “make computers do as much of the ‘boring’ stuff as possible.” Today, the platform is powering all databases and other stateful systems at Uber.
Our Operations teams are the backbone for our growth in EMEA, working on a diffuse daily problem set that can range from legal, to marketing, to product launch. To be successful, “you need to be a true T-shaped professional”, shares Georgii Sokolianskyi, who leads our EMEA Driver Operations team. “An expert in your field but also someone who can work with other functions easily.” In our latest blog, 4 EMEA Operations leaders on our Rides team share the leaps of faith, chance encounters, and hard earned lessons that helped them drive their growth and build Uber Rides across the region.
In 2018, Iliyana Zdravkova made the move from Bulgaria to join Uber in Amsterdam as our Head of EMEA Workforce Management (WFM) for Community Operations. Today, as both a business leader and committee member of our Women at Uber Employee Resource Group, Iliyana is championing a culture centered on community, inclusion, and seeing the forest and the trees.
"There's so much optionality out there. Until you've made that conviction to pursue your passion, you might not be aware of those options," shares Jing Jing Tan, a self-proclaimed psychology geek currently leading user research at Uber Eats in Toronto. In a conversation with Leslie L., Senior Designer at Uber Eats, Jing Jing shares her journey into studying psychology through human biology and the leaps of faith that helped her navigate her way into the tech startup world.
