Software Engineer II - (Backend)

About The Role

The Kafka team at Uber is responsible for building and maintaining the mission-critical data processing and messaging platform that powers our real-time data streaming and processing needs. This infrastructure supports various Uber business, including rides, deliveries, operations, and more, ensuring reliable, fast, and scalable data highway.

We are looking for a Software Engineer II to play a key role in enhancing and optimizing our Kafka capabilities. The ideal candidate will have work experience in distributed systems, stream processing, and scalability. You will get to work on cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with industry experts in fields ranging from distributed systems to data engineering.

What The Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

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• Design and implement features of a high-performance realtime-data platform, prioritizing scalability, reliability, and efficiency
• Optimize existing streaming infrastructure for efficiency, latency, and freshness.
• Build run procedures to keep Kafka components running reliability at high performance
• Build monitoring system for Kafka components
• Provide technical support for platform customers.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 2+ years of professional software development experience
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and stream processing.
• Proficient in programming languages such as Java, or Go.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Under the hood experience with Flink, Kafka, Storm, Samza and other Streaming technologies is a strong plus.
• Experience with highly available/fault-tolerant distributed systems, large-scale data processing systems, or enterprise/cloud storage systems is also a strong plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
  
  

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 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., For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 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.