Sr Staff Software Engineer, Developer Platform
About the role:
We are looking for an experienced technologist who can architect, implement, and scale our developer tools and frameworks that Uber developers use to build Uber's services and Apps. This is a strategic and highly leveraged role as it impacts the productivity of all software engineers across Uber, the quality of all of Uber's products, and the velocity of our business.
What you'll do:
- Provide technical leadership to build, develop, and scale the developer tools and frameworks that enable Uber developers to ship code quickly, reliably, efficiently and at scale.
- Engage with world class engineers across Uber to understand how to increase their development velocity and the quality of our software.
- Work across platforms for Go, Java, Python, Android, iOS, and Web.
- Drive ongoing efficiency and reliability improvements through design and automation: availability, performance, scaling, monitoring and capacity.
About you:
- A developer-centric mindset and a passion for building high-quality platforms for other developers.
- Past experience in successfully designing and building frameworks and tools that scale to large 1000+ teams of developers.
Minimum qualifications:
Master's or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field AND 8-years full-time Software Engineering work experience, WHICH INCLUDES 6-years total technical software engineering experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Programming language (e.g. C, C++, Java, Python, or Go)
Note the 6-years 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 years of specialized experience are not necessarily in addition to the years of Education & full-time work experience indicated.
Technical skills:
Required:
- Distributed systems
- Performance and scalability engineering
Preferred:
- Experience working on building systems in production
- Experience in developer tools & services
About Uber: