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Software Engineer, Observability

Uber

$167,000 - $185,500
Dec 2, 2025
Seattle, WA, US
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Uber needs a centralized, reliable, and interactive observability data platform that includes metrics, logging, and tracing to empower engineers with the tools needed for monitoring, troubleshooting, and performing root cause analysis at scale. The Logging team specifically needs to deliver a cutting-edge centralized Logging Platform at Uber's scale, handling over 35 million log events per second and over 18 petabytes of data, while evolving to meet increasing demands and providing intelligent insights to prevent customer impact.

Requirements

  • Proficient in one or more backend languages, like Java, Go, C/C++, C-Sharp, with the ability to pick up new ones quickly.
  • Strong problem solving skills, with relevant experience (3+ years) in designing and implementing distributed backend services
  • Proven record of building and operating highly reliable distributed systems at scale
  • Batch and stream data processing experience is a big plus
  • Experience with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Influx and/or building and operating monitoring infrastructure.
  • Experience building user interfaces with TypeScript is a plus
  • Under the hood experience with Apache Lucene, ElasticSearch, OpenSearch and other Search technologies is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Design system architecture, own key components to deliver a centralized logging system for Uber.
  • Join on call rotation, driving continuous improvements on system availability, scalability, performance and efficiency.
  • Collaborate with other infrastructure teams, production engineer team and product manager to drive adoption and best practices, and to design and implement high impact, cross-product features.

Other

  • BS or higher degree in Computer Science, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
  • We dream big, aim high, and execute with precision.
  • Join us to tackle challenging large-scale distributed system problems and raise the bar of observability for Uber.
  • For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 per year.
  • For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 per year.