Staff Software Engineer - Cache Platform

Uber • Seattle, WA

194d • $223,000 - $248,000 • Remote

About The Position

We are looking for talented engineers to join the Storage Platform. We provide standardized, integrated and fully managed database, object storage and cache infrastructure. Our offerings include proprietary and open-source database solutions that support large scale workloads, high QoS and are dynamically scalable and reliable. Together with that we provide the infrastructure that connects real-time databases to the Big Data Platform that powers business decisions at Uber.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any engineering field (e.g. Computer Science/ Engineering, etc.) with +7 years of software development experience OR Master's degree +5 of software development experience.
• Strong experience in implementing complex projects with multiple dependencies and being familiar with practices of large distributed stateful or stateless services.
• Strong programming skills with Go, C++/C.
• Development Experience in at least one of scalable cache and databases platform.

Nice To Haves

• Contributor of Valkey/Redis cores, modules, or libraries or any other open-source cache or storage project.
• Experience building or operating large-scale, high-traffic caching systems.
• Deep experience of large-scale distributed systems with performance, reliability and scalability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including writing detailed technical documents.

Responsibilities

• Design, lead prototyping and development, test and roll out the next generations of our storage infrastructure at Uber, meeting high standards of performance, reliability, and usability.
• Engage with stakeholders and collaborate across teams to lead development, ensure that the infrastructure we're building works seamlessly across different storage backends and best serves application engineers.
• Drive reliability, efficiency improvements through design and automation: performance, scaling, observability, and monitoring.
• Be technical lead to team, mentor junior engineers, review the technical design, code, and documentation.
• Contribute to enhancing the team's technical and organizational culture; serve as a role model to others.

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
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree