Staff Software Engineer - Data
Uber
1 month ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
SeniorJob location
Tech stack
Java
Big Data
Databases
ETL
Data Warehousing
Distributed Data Store
Fault Tolerance
Hadoop
Monitoring of Systems
Hive
Python
MySQL
Redis
Scala
SQL Databases
Teradata
Data Logging
Data Storage Technologies
Information Technology
Cassandra
Real Time Data
Vertica
Stream Processing
Data Pipelines
Redshift
Go
Programming Languages
Job description
- Provide technical leadership in architecting, implementing, testing, releasing, and monitoring data models for intuitive analytics and business insights
- Build strong relationships within the organization through meaningful collaboration and trust-building
- Actively identify and solve engineering and business problems with minimal guidance
- Serve as a role model for sound judgment and responsibility in project planning and execution
- See the big picture and identify strategically important problems, inefficiencies, or opportunities for high-impact improvements
- Drive alignment and deliver high-leverage solutions at the group and organizational level
- Raise the bar on sustainable engineering by improving best practices and producing high-quality code, documentation, testing, and monitoring systems
- Mentor and advise both engineers and leaders, managing differing opinions maturely to help teams commit and move forward
Requirements
Do you have experience in Teradata?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Passion for driving continual improvement in engineering best practices (coding, testing, monitoring)
- Strong technical leadership abilities and experience collaborating with stakeholders for high-impact outcomes
- Extensive experience designing and managing data pipelines, dimensional data models, and data warehouses for business analytics
- Experience with distributed data systems for logging, storage, ETL, data quality, and monitoring
- 10+ years of hands-on experience using SQL to build and deploy production-quality ETL pipelines
- 10+ years of experience with Hadoop, Hive, Vertica, or other MPP databases (e.g., AWS Redshift, Teradata)
- Experience developing tools and scripts to accelerate data consumption
- Proven success as a Staff Engineer or above at a leading technology company
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation
- Passionate about team development and mentoring fellow engineers
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Experience in Fintech or Payments, particularly in regulatory and compliance-heavy projects
- Hands-on experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop and Hive
- Deep understanding of fault-tolerant systems and multi-datacenter/cloud architectures
- Extensive experience with real-time data ingestion and stream processing
- Proficiency in multiple programming languages (e.g., Go, Java, Python, Scala) and data storage technologies (e.g., MySQL, Cassandra, Redis)