Principal Data Engineer

Uber • Sunnyvale, CA

88d • $284,000 - $315,500

About The Position

This is a Technical Data Leader position. The Data Engineering team focuses on building core Business Intelligence and Data Solutions for multiple business verticals at Uber, like Growth & Marketing, Risk, Money, Payments, Finance, and Safety! The team works across multiple Uber areas, including Risk, Fraud, Safety, Insurance, Finance, and AdTech Marketing teams!

Requirements

• 12+ years of total technical data/software engineering experience in one or more of the following areas: Programming and scripting language (e.g. Python, SQL, Java/Scala), Big data frameworks (e.g. Spark, Flink, MR, Presto), data modelling, and writing ETLs.
• Designing end-to-end data solutions and architecture.

Nice To Haves

• Technical Leader in Big Data domain.
• Strong SQL skills.
• Strong in Data Warehousing and Data Modelling concepts.
• Hands-on experience in Hadoop tech stack: HDFS, Hive, Oozie, Airflow, MapReduce, Spark.
• Programming languages - Python, Java, Scala, etc.
• Experience in building ETL Data Pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Partners with stakeholders to understand customer and/or business requirements.
• Translates requirements into effective design documents to address clearly defined business or technical problems.
• Provides expertise to make trade-off decisions between short-term results and long-term goals.
• Creates and promotes efficiency and speed by leveraging and improving existing solutions, developing extensible solutions, and reconciling gaps and redundancy within the team.
• Identifies opportunities and advocates for better performance and efficiency of the team's software and systems.
• Manages and executes ambiguous technical projects and solutions with drive and an appropriate sense of urgency to deliver technical and business impact.
• Plans organizes and manages tasks, resources, and timelines to accomplish work accurately and on time.
• Defines and diagnoses ambiguous problems and determines an appropriate solution, recommendation, or decision while logically evaluating alternatives and factors.
• Anticipates roadblocks and develops strategies to mitigate risk.
• Listens to and supports ideas/opinions of others from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Proactively builds and maintains collaborative and trusting relationships with multiple stakeholders.
• Recognizes conflict or disputes among people and situations; mediates open communication of different points of view to resolve conflicts and meet shared goals.
• Provides constructive and actionable feedback to others to help improve the entire team.
• Enhances the effective functioning of Uber by participating in and promoting activities and efforts that contribute to the engineering and/or people culture in the team such as mentoring junior engineers.
• Represents the team to the broader community through participation in internally- and/or externally-focused engagements.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program.
• May be offered an equity award & other types of compensation.
• Eligible for various benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees