Software Engineer II – Backend (Platform Engineering)

About the Role

We are looking for talented engineers to join the Platform Engineering team whose mission is to develop and support the technology storing the majority of the operational data at Uber. We provide manageable, reliable, high QoS database and search backend ideal for large scale workloads. Together with that we provide the infrastructure that processes real-time data and connects real-time databases to the Big Data and Search Platforms that powers business decisions at Uber.

Collaborates with stakeholders within the team to build and maintain backend services and solutions to support user-facing products, downstream services, or infrastructure tools and platforms used across Uber.

—- What the Candidate Will Do —-

Design, development, test and roll out a scalable, reliable, operable and performant storage and real-time streaming platform features, improvements, frameworks, ecosystems.

Improve reliability, efficiency through design and automation: performance, scaling, observability, and monitoring

Engage and support stakeholders and collaborate across teams to ensure that the real-time streaming and storage platform and ecosystem were building works seamlessly across different storage backends and best serves application engineers.

Support your fellow teammates, review the teams technical design, code, and documentation

—- Basic Qualifications —-

Bachelors degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or similar field

3 years of software backend and distributed system development experience

Strong problem solving and solid coding skills in one or more programming languages (e.g. Go, Java, C/C, Python)

Good verbal and written communication skills

—- Preferred Qualifications —-

Understanding or hand-on experience on real-time streaming, databases and search products

Experience developing or operating high-load distributed systems, build monitoring systems

Good knowledge of large-scale distributed systems.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including writing detailed technical documents.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$158,000 per year – USD$175,500 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$158,000 per year – USD$175,500 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$158,000 per year – USD$175,500 per year. For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Ubers bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard 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. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbY9Bv8-lWDMbpidF2GKXsxzNh11wUUVS7fM1znOfEJsVeA/viewform