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Uber Technologies, Inc. is the world’s largest, San Francisco-based mobile technology platform facilitating on-demand ride-hailing, food delivery (Uber Eats), and freight transportation across approximately 70 countries.
Sr Software Engineer - Engineer joins the engineering team to architect mission-critical systems powering the foundation of trust across a global marketplace. This role involves designing and building long-lasting artifacts to reduce complexity, increasing developer velocity, and solving high-impact problems at the intersection of low latency and high correctness. The engineer will lead organization-wide development of key frameworks, mentor other engineers, and translate ambiguous business requirements into production-ready technical roadmaps. Key responsibilities include managing incident processes, overseeing on-call rotations, and identifying architectural gaps in data warehousing. Technical skills required include advanced proficiency in SQL, experience with real-time streaming frameworks like Flink or Spark, knowledge of OLAP systems such as Apache Pinot or Druid, and expertise in the Big Data/Hadoop ecosystem to automate complex data orchestrations across multiple product areas.
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Architect and build mission-critical systems for payment processing and pricing decision platforms.
Design engineering artifacts to reduce system complexity and increase developer velocity across the organization.
Solve high-impact problems involving low latency and high correctness in large-scale distributed systems.
Translate ambiguous business requirements from cross-functional partners into production-ready technical roadmaps.
Lead the development and adoption of key frameworks while modeling coding best practices.
Identify architectural gaps and proactively address potential issues before they impact the global marketplace.
Manage incident response processes and direct on-call rotations following global best practices.
Mentor other engineers and serve as a technical brand ambassador for the engineering organization.
What we're looking for
6+ years of professional experience in backend software engineering, data engineering, or a related technical role.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Advanced proficiency in SQL and data warehousing with the ability to identify and reconcile architectural gaps.
Experience leading organization-wide engineering projects through all lifecycle stages including inception, stakeholder engagement, implementation, and operations.
Proven track record of overseeing incident management processes and directing on-call rotations.
Demonstrated ability to make sound engineering and business tradeoffs for long-term impact.
Experience building high-performance, scalable distributed systems at a 100M+ user scale (preferred).
Expertise in real-time streaming frameworks, OLAP systems, or Big Data/Hadoop ecosystem tools (preferred).