Data Engineer at Uber Freight

About the Role

Data is the true differentiator for Uber Freight in the long run. We need your help to build out the data flywheel at Uber Freight. As an engineer on the Data Platform team at Uber Freight, you will build and own tooling, pipelines and canonical datasets to power Uber Freight's analytics, intelligence and external data integration. You will be responsible for unlocking insights through strategic external data integration and acquisition. In short, you will be making the core of Freight's datasets reliable and our utilization efficient.

What the Candidate Will Do

• Build a scalable, reliable, operable and performant big data workflow platform for Uber's data scientists/engineers, AI/ML engineers, and operations folks.
• Drive the usage of Freight's data model across the organization with multiple product teams.
• Design and implement data integration services, best practices and reusable frameworks.
• Drive efficiency and reliability improvements through design and automation: data quality, performance, scaling, observability, and monitoring.

Basic Qualifications

• High School or GDE equivalent
• Minimum 3 years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree (or higher) in Computer Science and related fields
• 2+ years of software development experience
• Programming skills with Python OR Java
• Experience with distributed systems and services
• Keen interest in solving business challenges and a good understanding of how data empowers business stakeholders
• Good understanding of distributed systems and big data architecture (NoSQL/SQL, Kafka, Flink, Hadoop, Hive, Cassandra, Presto, etc)
• Previously worked on data processing and ETL, hands on building pipelines and workflow framework through Hive, Presto, Spark etc.
• Proven experience in data warehousing architecture and data modeling.
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively in cross-functional teams.

About Uber Freight 

Uber Freight is a market-leading enterprise technology company powering intelligent logistics. With a suite of end-to-end logistics applications, managed services and an expansive carrier network, Uber Freight advances supply chains and moves the world’s goods. Today, the company manages nearly $20B of freight and one of the largest networks of carriers. It is backed by best-in-class investors and provides services for 1 in 3 Fortune 500 companies, including Del Monte Foods, Nestle, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and more. For more, visit www.uberfreight.com.

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EEOC

Uber Freight is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards 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.