Software Engineer II, Python

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong expertise in Python and large-scale backend systems
• Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems in production
• Proven track record of leading complex technical initiatives end-to-end
• Demonstrated commitment to operational excellence, including reliability, monitoring, and incident management in production systems
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and contributing to raising the engineering bar within a team

Nice to Haves

• Experience building developer platforms, internal tools, or infrastructure at scale
• Experience with Bazel or other hermetic build systems
• Experience with dependency/package management systems
• Familiarity with ML or data infrastructure
• Experience improving CI/CD systems or large monorepos
• Contributions to open-source tooling ecosystems

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead the design and implementation of large-scale improvements to Uber’s Python build systems, tooling, and developer workflows.
• Architect reliable, scalable solutions that improve performance, testability, observability, and operational excellence across the ecosystem.
• Drive initiatives that reduce tech debt, improve monorepo health, and enable safe, continuous upgrades of Python and dependencies.
• Partner with ML, data, and backend teams to simplify and unify development workflows.
• Own projects end-to-end from problem definition and design through production rollout and long-term operation.
• Improve engineering quality through strong design reviews, testing strategy, monitoring standards, and documentation.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across the team.

Perks and Benefits

• Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law.
• Opportunity to work on mission-critical systems across AI/ML, data platforms, and backend services.
• Collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and impact.
• Cultural identity and office environment for collaboration.