Sr Software Engineer - Networking

About The Role

The Uber host network team is responsible for managing the systems and components related to host networking across both on-premises and cloud environments. This includes host network observability, secure service mesh, traffic management, host network traffic authentication, and host network components for key infrastructure initiatives. As a software engineer on the Uber Host Network team, you'll collaborate with top-tier engineers to build a reliable, secure, scalable, and modern host networking environment for Uber.

What The Candidate Will Do

• Design, develop, manage, and modernize Uber's host networking stacks to enhance functionality and performance.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to the development of engineering best practices.
• Participate in on-call rotations to provide timely resolution of critical incidents and ensure system availability.
• Mentor junior engineers on host networking team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, design and implement scalable, reliable, and high-performance networking solutions, through sophisticated experiments.
• Debug and troubleshoot complex issues across multiple systems.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field.
• 4 years of experience in software development, with a significant focus on networking.
• Highly efficient coding in Golang, C or any similar languages.
• Solid understanding of networking protocols such as HTTP, TCP/IP, and UDP.
• Engineering experience in hands-on software development with thoughtfulness of scale, latency and distributed architecture.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across different teams and effectively lead projects.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of full-time Software Engineering work experience.
• Solid understanding of networking protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP.
• Experience with Kubernetes (k8s), Istio service mesh and Envoy is highly desirable.
• Proven ability to diagnose and tackle performance issues across the networking stack.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project.
  
  

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$198,000 per year - USD$220,000 per year. For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$198,000 per year - USD$220,000 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$198,000 per year - USD$220,000 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. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.