Software Engineer II - Networking

About the position

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field with at least 2 years of full-time Software Engineering work experience OR PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• Highly efficient coding in Golang, C++ or any similar languages.
• Engineering experience in hands-on software development with thoughtfulness of scale, latency and distributed architecture.
• Strong communication skills, experience working with different teams.
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.

Nice-to-haves

• 3+ years of full-time Software Engineering work experience OR PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• 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.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program.
• May be offered an equity award & other types of compensation.
• Eligible for various benefits.