About The RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Software Engineer - Data, to join our Business Technology Engineering team. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for driving the design, development, and governance of data solutions to address complex business and technical challenges. Your expertise in software engineering, data systems, and data governance will play a critical role in building scalable and efficient data platforms and tools while ensuring data integrity and compliance. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on our organization, contribute to the success of our team, and champion data governance practices. What The Candidate Will Do

• Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership and guidance in designing and implementing data solutions that meet business requirements and align with data governance principles.
• Solution Development: Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into scalable and reliable data systems and tools, while ensuring data quality, privacy, and compliance.
• Data Governance: Champion and enforce data governance practices, including data lineage, metadata management, data quality controls, and privacy regulations.
• Data Architecture: Design and develop large-scale data systems, including databases, data warehouses, and big data platforms, with a strong focus on data governance and compliance requirements.
• Software Engineering: Apply software engineering best practices to build robust and maintainable data solutions, ensuring code quality, performance, and scalability in line with data governance guidelines.
• Data Integration: Collect and integrate data from various sources to create a unified and accurate source of truth for financial and compliance domains, while adhering to data governance policies.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize data processing and query performance using technologies such as HDFS, Hive, Presto, and Spark, while ensuring adherence to data governance SLAs.
• Automation and Efficiency: Drive automation initiatives by developing scripts, utilities, and frameworks to streamline data processes, improve efficiency, and enforce data governance practices.
• Collaboration and Mentoring: Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor junior engineers, and foster a culture of data governance and compliance awareness within the team.
• Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies in data engineering and data governance, evaluate new tools and techniques, and propose innovative solutions to enhance data systems, processes, and governance practices.
• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Maintain comprehensive documentation of data solutions, processes, best practices, and data governance frameworks, and actively share knowledge with the team.

Basic Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: 5-7 years of experience as a software engineer, with a strong focus on data engineering and large-scale data systems.
• Technical Expertise: Proficiency in technologies such as HDFS, Hive, Presto, Spark, and Python. Experience with additional data technologies and tools is a plus.
• Data Governance: Strong understanding of data governance principles, regulations, and industry best practices, with practical experience in implementing and enforcing data governance frameworks.
• Data Architecture: Solid understanding of data architecture principles and proven experience in designing and developing scalable data systems, while considering data governance requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Software Engineering Skills: Excellent programming skills, with expertise in building robust and scalable software solutions using modern software engineering practices in alignment with data governance guidelines.
• Problem-Solving Abilities: Analytical mindset with the ability to understand complex business or technical problems and propose effective data solutions, considering data governance and compliance aspects.
• Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and drive successful outcomes in a collaborative team environment, with a focus on data governance excellence.
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively convey complex technical concepts

We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world forward, together.Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.

• Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@uber.com.

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.Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is $203,000 per year - $225,500 per year.For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is $203,000 per year - $225,500 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.