Senior Software Engineer

Uber

San Francisco, CA

Full Time

Senior

198k-220k

24 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

The Search Platform team is responsible for the Search experience on several product surfaces at Uber, enabling millions of users to find, discover, and explore rides, food, etc. Search has played an increasingly important role in bringing Uber closer to its vision. The ideal candidate will bring extensive expertise in search infrastructure, showcasing a profound understanding of search algorithms, distributed systems, and scalability. We are looking for an experienced Sr. Engineer to play a key role in refining and optimizing our search capabilities. You will get to work on cutting edge technologies and will get to work with industry experts ranging from distributed systems to machine learning.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement new features in our search infrastructure solutions at Uber.
Join on call rotation, driving continuous improvements on system availability, scalability, performance and efficiency.
Collaborate with other infrastructure teams, production engineer team and product manager to drive adoption and standardize processes, and to design and implement high impact, cross-product features.

Requirements

BS or MS in Computer Science and 5+ years of related technical discipline or experience.
Proficient in one of the following programming languages: Java, Go, C/C++ or similar languages. Good scripting skills and ability to pick up new ones.
Systematic problem solving approach and knowledge of algorithms, data structures and complexity analysis.

Nice to Have

Experience with Apache Lucene, ElasticSearch, OpenSearch, Solr and other Search technologies.
Experiences with VectorDB/VectorSearch.
Experience with highly available/fault tolerant, replicated data storage systems, large scale data processing systems or enterprise/cloud storage systems.

Qualifications

Educational background in Computer Science (BS or MS).

Benefits & Perks

For US roles, eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of compensation.
Eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.

Working at Uber

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 the provided 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.

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