Senior Software Engineer - Maps

Requirements

• Technically strong, with 5+ years of experience building highly scalable backend services
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience writing detailed technical documents
• Experience with Java (or other JVM based language)

Nice to Haves

• Experience with data pipelines - Airflow, Spark, HDFS, Hive
• Background in geospatial problem solving

What You'll Be Doing

• Implement Spark and related pipelines for ingestion of large scale map data
• Optimize Big Data pipelines to be more efficient, performant, and reliable
• Extend and optimize large-scale services using NoSQL technologies to achieve greater reliability, higher throughput, and lower latencies
• Develop and maintain high QPS services that serve map data
• Influence the base map architecture and reach alignment with team members and stakeholders on the technical direction
• See the big picture and identify inefficiencies and opportunities for meaningful improvements across the Maps Platform and Uber as a whole

Perks and Benefits

• Uber's mission to reimagine the way the world moves for the better
• Opportunity to work in Uber's dynamic, challenging, and impactful environment
• Potential accommodations based on religious and/or medical conditions