Sr Software Engineer - Backend
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent industry experience
- 8+ years of experience building and managing distributed systems, as well as a sound understanding of distributed system fundamentals
- Proficient in one of the following programming languages: Go, Java as well as good scripting skills and the ability to pick up new ones
- Experience with container platforms such as Kubernetes
- Grit, drive and a strong sense of ownership, coupled with an appetite for collaboration
- Strong written / verbal communication, and the ability to manage stakeholders and leadership
Nice to have
- Distributed systems
- API design
- Familiarity with CI/CD
- Experience with integration tests
Full description
About the Role
The Developer Platform's vision is to be the industry leader for how developers build high-quality software productively at scale. Our mission is to Enable Uber developers to build high-quality software consistently and with ease.
At Uber the Developer Platform teams build the technical foundation for engineers to develop the future of quality. Our engineering community depends on us to develop centralized solutions to support each part of the development life cycle from writing the first line of code to shipping software to production that touches millions of users. We have a unique opportunity to work across Uber's products to solve for scale and impact company wide technical roadmaps.
As a hands-on backend engineer, you will build and evangelise next generation products at scale for our fellow engineers that aim at increasing developer productivity and throughput.
What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points
---- What the Candidate Will Do ----
- Develop and maintain foundational frameworks.
- Design, build, and maintain sophisticated, scalable software frameworks within Developer Platform.
- Collaborate and communicate with a globally distributed team to help discover gaps in our frameworks, tooling, and infrastructure and help drive solutions.
- Write high-quality code and related documentation
- Raise the bar in end-to-end and integration tests
---- Basic Qualifications ----
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent industry experience
- 8+ years of experience building and managing distributed systems, as well as a sound understanding of distributed system fundamentals
- Proficient in one of the following programming languages: Go, Java as well as good scripting skills and the ability to pick up new ones
- Experience with container platforms such as Kubernetes
- Grit, drive and a strong sense of ownership, coupled with an appetite for collaboration
- Strong written / verbal communication, and the ability to manage stakeholders and leadership
---- Preferred Qualifications ----
- Distributed systems
- API design
- Familiarity with CI/CD
- Experience with integration tests