Senior Software Engineer - Hadoop

Company: Uber
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: April 3, 2021

Job Description:

Data underpins our products, enabling intelligent decision making and improved user experiences. Leveraging the latest ML, Big Data, data visualization, and NLP technologies, the Product Platform team works at the intersection of engineering and data science to enhance our services and deliver actionable insights. About the Role Uber is on the lookout for top-notch software engineers to join our Hadoop Core data team in Palo Alto. This role involves building and managing robust distributed systems to solve infrastructure challenges that delight our quickly growing platform engineering and product engineering teams, enabling the whole engineering organization to iterate at top speed in an open, decentralized environment. If you love working on software platform that touch the physical world and want some serious production experiences at exponential growth, this is it. Are you among the rare breed of software engineers with a passion for systems, designing and managing highly reliable infrastructure? You should have a demonstrated ability to debug multi-nodal failures and be able to grok complex systems from high level design and deep diving into the source code. You have the opportunity to define, design, and develop systems from the ground up. As open-source is in our DNA, your work will always begin with the community. What You'll Do

• Design systems architecture and deliver software and tools to advance the reliability of infrastructure including availability, performance, efficiency and scaling.
• Provide technical leadership, influence and partner with fellow engineers to architect, design and build infrastructure that can stand the test of scale and availability, while reducing operational overhead.
• Drive efficiencies in systems and processes through automation: capacity planning, configuration management, performance tuning, monitoring and root cause analysis.
• Participate in periodic on-call rotations and be available for escalations.
• Collaborate with platform, product and security engineering teams, and enable successful use of infrastructure and foundational services, and manage upstream and downstream dependencies Basic Qualifications
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
  • Highly proficient in one of the following programming languages: Java, Go, C/C++. Good scripting skills and ability to pick up new ones.
  • Systematic problem solving approach and knowledge of algorithms, data structures and complexity analysis.
  • A love for coding, debugging and attacking hard problems.
  • Good working knowledge of networking and RPC stack (TCP/IP, HTTP, Thrift).
  • Grit, drive and a strong sense of ownership coupled with a penchant for collaboration Preferred Qualifications
    • Under the hood experience with Apache Hadoop HDFS, YARN or similar systems such as Apache HBase etc. is a strong plus
    • 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
    • 3+ years of experience building and managing distributed systems. Sound understanding of distributed system fundamentals.
      
      At Uber, we ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. We take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 10,000 cities around the world. We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together. 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 .

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