Compensation Overview

About the Role

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.

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

• 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.

---- Basic Qualifications ----

• 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 of implementing complex projects with multiple dependencies and being familiar with practices of large distributed stateful or stateless services.
• Strong programming skill with Go, Java, C++/C
• Experience in at least one of scalable storage and databases

---- Preferred Qualifications ----

• Experience building, tuning or operating large-scale, high-traffic Cassandra clusters
• Understanding of open source Cassandra modules, or libraries. Experience of open source contribution is preferred.
• Deep knowledge of large-scale distributed systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write detailed technical documents.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$218,000 per year - USD$242,000 per year.

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 is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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.