Uber Staff Software Engineer Kotlin 

United States, West Virginia 

269497312

• Architect and lead the development of tooling and libraries needed to support Uber’s community of Kotlin developers working on large-scale mobile applications and services
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to cross-functional teams
• Drive best practices in software design, code quality, and system performance
• Lead code reviews and champion engineering excellence across the organization
• Identify and solve complex technical challenges to optimize application performance and scalability
• Collaborate with senior leadership to define technical strategy and roadmap

• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• Deep expertise in Kotlin programming and its ecosystem
• Strong background in Java development and JVM internals
• Proven experience in designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems or mobile applications
• Expert knowledge of modern software development practices (e.g., Agile, CI/CD, version control)
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong leadership and communication abilities, with experience mentoring junior engineers

Bonus points

• Experience with modern Android development at scale
• Experience with Kotlin multi-platform and other cross-platform toolchains
• Experience with Bazel
• Experience building IntelliJ Plugins
• Advanced understanding of microservices architecture, gRPC, and RESTful APIs
• In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and their architectural best practices
• Expertise in containerization technologies and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Contributions to open-source projects
• Experience in performance tuning and optimization of JVM-based applications
• Track record of driving technical initiatives across multiple teams or organizations

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