Senior Software Engineer - Backend - Maps

Uber

Amsterdam, Netherlands

About the Role

Uber is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who’s passionate about the maps' domain that is powering all of Uber’s rides and delivery products globally. You will own and contribute to systems that reflect the representation of planet earth and its rapid changes. Building the basemap unlocks the core functionality that enables all Ubers trips and is meant to serve millions of concurrent rides and deliveries. If you are driven by handling complex data models that need to be fresh, accurate, consistent, and highly available, to be able to support Uber’s scale, this is the role for you. You’ll be empowered to contribute to the vision of the maps org and architecture that help Uber move the world.

What the Candidate Will Do

Develop and maintain high QPS services that serve map data
Collaborate with mobile engineers to build end to end experiences for acquiring user generated content
Implement Spark and related pipelines for ingest of large scale map data
Optimize Big Data pipelines to be more efficient, performant, and reliable
Extend and optimize large-scale services using NoSQL technologies to achieve greater reliability, higher throughput, and lower latencies
Influence the base map architecture and reach alignment with team members and stakeholders on the technical direction
See the big picture and identify inefficiencies and opportunities for meaningful improvements across the Maps Platform and Uber as a whole

Basic Qualifications

Technically strong, with 5+ years of experience experience building highly scalable software
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience writing detailed technical documents
Experience with Java, Go or C++ (bonus points for more than one)