Software Engineer II - Backend

About The RoleThe Core Platform Foundations team owns defining, monitoring, and controlling operations for the infrastructure that supports Uber's virtual computing environments. We are the lowest software layer abstracting the underlying fleet of hosts whether on prem or on the cloud, and as such we are the guardians of quality and security of the production host. The software that this team owns impacts all of Uber's production fleet - quality, security, and operational mindedness are highly valued, as well as compassion for the developer experience.What The Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points---- What the Candidate Will Do ----Driving initiatives and change between stakeholder platforms and cloud providers including ingesting new host types, and improving availability and performance of compute instances - VMs & BMsDesigning and implementing features and tooling for availability, reliability, and security at the host infrastructure layerDesigning and implementing features and tooling for micro and macro failures at the compute layer Basic Qualifications3+ years of backend software engineering experience and Bachelor degree (or higher) in Computer Science or related field of study.Experience in backend developmentOperational experience of production / live servicesExpertise in one or more object-oriented programming languages (Go, Java, Python). Preferred QualificationsExperience implementing complex projects with multiple dependencies.Experience with large-scale, distributed systems developmentExperience working with cloud computing environmentsExperience with or just fearless curiosity to dive into low level systemsFor Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 per year. 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., For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 per year. 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.