Senior Software Engineer

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with backend development
• A degree in computer science / engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Excellent coding and software design abilities
• Ability to drive complex projects from idea to launch and beyond with clear measures of success and progress indicators
• Experience with distributed systems engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with several stateful data systems (MySQL, Redis, Cassandra, etcd, etc.)
• Experience in building developer platforms or tools at scale in diverse environments
• Familiarity with declarative APIs and concepts such as goal-state-driven architecture
• Ability to align engineering roadmaps with company-wide objectives and ensure incremental value delivery

What You'll Be Doing

• Create and execute on technical proposals for non-trivial problems involving highly distributed and asynchronous systems
• Execute on key business deliverables to drive impact in fleet reliability and operability
• Implement solutions to serve and/or consolidate interfaces for various portions of the platform
• Evolve the team’s operational model to adopt automation and scalable solutions
• Look for and invest in systemic improvements to harden system robustness against failures

Perks and Benefits

• Opportunity to work on Uber's infrastructure and platforms at scale
• Mission to run all storage solutions at scale with high availability and automation
• Opportunity to work on disrupting coordination framework for safe platform operability
• Collaborative team environment with a balance of junior and senior engineers
• Opportunity to impact Uber's global operations and engineering roadmaps
• Accommodations available for religious and medical conditions