Sr Software Engineer

About the role:

About the Team:

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field OR 5-year full-time Software Engineering work experience, WHICH INCLUDES 3-year total technical software engineering experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Professional software engineering experience building and delivering production systems.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g. C, C++, Java, Python, or Go).
• Developing backend services, APIs, or distributed systems.
• Understanding of core computer science concepts, including data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and system design.
• Experience writing maintainable, well-tested production code.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate effectively with engineers and cross-functional partners.
• Note the 1-year total of specialized software engineering experience may have been gained through education and full-time work experience, additional training, coursework, research, or similar (OR some combination of these). The year of specialized experience is not necessarily in addition to the years of Education & full-time work experience indicated.
• Experience building scalable, high-throughput, and low-latency backend systems.
• Familiarity with micro service architecture and distributed system technologies such as Kafka, Redis, MySQL and Thrift.
• Experience with performance optimization, monitoring, observability, and production debugging.
• Experience in driving cross-team projects.

Technical skills:

• Preferred:
• Experience building scalable, high-throughput, and low-latency backend systems.
• Familiarity with micro service architecture and distributed system technologies such as Kafka, Redis, MySQL and Thrift.
• Experience with performance optimization, monitoring, observability, and production debugging.
• Experience in driving cross-team projects.

Responsibilities

• For New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.
• For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $202,000 per year - USD $224,000 per year.
• For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.