Sr Software Engineer

About the Role

The Kafka team at Uber is responsible for building and maintaining the mission-critical data processing and messaging platform that powers our real-time data streaming and processing needs. This infrastructure supports various Uber business, including rides, deliveries, operations, and more, ensuring reliable, fast, and scalable data highway. You can also find a little more details about our team at https://www.datastreamingawards.io/winners/uber.

We are looking for a Senior software engineer to play a key role in enhancing and optimizing our Kafka capabilities. The ideal candidate will have work experience in distributed systems, stream processing, and scalability. You will get to work on cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with industry experts in fields ranging from distributed systems to data engineering.

---- What the Candidate Will Do ----

Design and implement features of a high-performance realtime-data platform, prioritizing scalability, reliability, and efficiency

Optimize existing streaming infrastructure for efficiency, latency, and freshness.

Build run procedures to keep kafka components running reliability at high performance

Build monitoring system for Kafka components

---- Basic Qualifications ----

1. BS or MS in Computer Science and 5+ years of related technical discipline or equivalent experience.
2. Proficient in one of the following programming languages: Java, Go, C/C++ or similar languages. Good scripting skills and ability to pick up new ones.
3. Systematic problem solving approach and knowledge of algorithms, data structures and complexity analysis.

---- Preferred Qualifications ----

1. Experience with Apache Lucene, ElasticSearch, OpenSearch, Solr and other Search technologies is a plus
2. 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

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$198,000 per year - USD$220,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$198,000 per year - USD$220,000 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. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.

Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity 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.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.