Software Engineer II

About the RoleObservability is a space that has grown beyond just monitoring. At Uber, we provide a centralized, reliable, and interactive Telemetry platform including metrics, logging and tracing that empowers engineers to work quickly and confidently at scale.The tracing team, one of the core parts of the telemetry platform, is responsible for providing an end to end distributed tracing solution (Jaeger), driving adoption and integration with thousands of micro services within the Uber engineering ecosystem. In addition to large distributed system challenges, the team also works on trace correlation with metrics, logging, as well as providing aggregated insights like deep dependency graphs, critical path analysis etc., to provide a comprehensive observability and production debugging experience for Uber.We're an agile team with a diverse set of backgrounds from companies such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, LinkedIn and other startups. We dream big, aim high, and practice grounded execution. Come join our team to tackle tough large scale distributed system challenges and improve distributed tracing for Uber.What the Candidate Will Do

Design and implement key components to deliver distributed tracing solutions for 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 standard processes, and to design and implement high impact, cross-product features.

Basic Qualifications

BS or higher degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.

Proficient in one or more backend languages, like Java, Go, C/C, C#, with the ability to pick up new ones quickly.

Strong problem solving skills, with meaningful experience in crafting and implementing large scale distributed backend services

What the Candidate Will Do

Proven record of building and operating highly reliable distributed systems at scale.

Experience with OpenTelemetry, and/or building and operating monitoring infrastructure at large scale. E.g. PB sized ES clusters, Prometheus, Kibana, Grafana, Jaeger, etc

Passionate about pursuing technical excellence

Batch and stream data process pipeline experience is a plus.

Batch and stream data process pipeline experience is a plus.

For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$158,000 per year - USD$175,500 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$158,000 per year - USD$175,500 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$158,000 per year - USD$175,500 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. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.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 this form- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbY9Bv8-lWDMbpidF2GKXsxzNh11wUUVS7fM1znOfEJsVeA/viewform