Staff Software Engineer, Build Systems

Uber's Build team is looking for a top notch Staff Software Engineer to help deliver a frictionless build experience that is fast, reliable, and integrated seamlessly into the developer workflow.

You will help delight our engineering teams, and enable the whole engineering organization to iterate rapidly.

We create and contribute to open source software and collaborate with other industry leading tech companies with the belief that every developer should be productive.

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points

• What the Candidate Will Do ----
• Partner with fellow engineers to innovate, architect, develop and scale Uber's distributed build platform
• Provide initiative and technical leadership to build reliable, high-quality solutions that scale with Uber's engineering processes.
• Deliver and review technical design, code and documentation.
• Drive ongoing efficiency and reliability improvements through design and automation: availability, performance, scaling, monitoring and capacity.
• Manage upstream and downstream dependencies, collaborate with other engineering teams, gather requirements and enable successful adoption of build infrastructure.
• Support your fellow teammates.

• BS/MS/Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in Software Engineering
• Expert level in one of the following programming languages: Go, Java, C/C++, Python, JavaScript, or Typescript.
• Build System Expertise: Deep knowledge of at least one build system such as Bazel, Buck, Pants, Nix or similar.
• Preferred Qualifications ----
• Experience contributing to and improving open-source projects like Bazel, Bazel rules, and others.
• Experience working on large scale monorepos
• Experience in developing/operating high performance and large scale distributed systems in production. Sound understanding of fundamentals and principles of distributed systems.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across offices.

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$232,000 per year - USD$258,000 per year. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$232,000 per year - USD$258,000 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$232,000 per year - USD$258,000 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$232,000 per year - USD$258,000 per year. For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.