Staff Software Engineer - Data Storage @ Uber - New York, NY
Job Overview
6 days ago
Staff Software Engineer - Data Storage
Uber - New York, NY
About the Role
We have a small tightly knit team with a diverse set of backgrounds from companies such as Facebook, Google, Cloudera, Amazon, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest, Dropbox, other startups and college grads from the top schools. The team is proud to be a part of the open source community in innovating and crafting such exciting technologies as we move forward. Uber, as a business, is also growing rapidly, and Data at Uber is at the heart of almost all products e.g. Pricing predictions, Uber Pool route optimizations, Uber Eats restaurant recommendations, fraud detection, storage and processing of data collected from Autonomous vehicles etc.
By solving these business problems you will not only be helping Uber but also have a front row seat to build and innovate the future Big Data systems and contribute them back to open source. This is an exciting time to be part of the Data team at Uber. Be sure to check out our engineering blog to learn more about the team.
What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points
- Design systems architecture and deliver software and tools to advance the reliability of infrastructure including availability, performance, efficiency and scaling.
- Provide technical leadership, influence and partner with fellow engineers to architect, design and build infrastructure that can stand the test of scale and availability, while reducing operational overhead.
- Drive efficiencies in systems and processes through automation: capacity planning, configuration management, performance tuning, monitoring and root cause analysis.
- Participate in periodic on-call rotations and be available for escalations.
- Collaborate with platform, product and security engineering teams, and enable successful use of infrastructure and foundational services, and manage upstream and downstream dependencies
- BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Highly proficient in one of the following programming languages: Java, Go, C/C++. Good scripting skills and ability to pick up new ones.
- Systematic problem solving approach and knowledge of algorithms, data structures and complexity analysis.
- A love for coding, debugging and attacking hard problems.
- Good working knowledge of networking and RPC stack (TCP/IP, HTTP, Thrift).
- Grit, drive and a strong sense of ownership coupled with a penchant for collaboration
- Under the hood experience with Apache Hadoop HDFS, YARN or similar systems such as Apache HBase etc. is a strong plus
- Experience with highly available/fault tolerant, replicated data storage systems, large scale data processing systems or enterprise/cloud storage systems is also a strong plus
- 6+ years of experience building and managing distributed systems. Sound understanding of distributed system fundamentals.
At Uber, we ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. We take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 10,000 cities around the world.
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.
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