Sr Software Engineer - Presto

About this role

About the role

Presto is our main interactive big data analytics query engine at Uber. It was originally developed at Facebook, and is currently managed in open source by the Presto Linux Foundation. It is the most popular SQL analytics engine at Uber, used by over 10K weekly active users, who run 4M+ queries per week. Presto at Uber has grown a lot in the last few years (currently 9K+ nodes, 20+ clusters) and supports several critical business use cases across Rides, Eats, Freight, Risk, etc. Multiple product platforms like uMetric, Bullseye, Enterprise-reports, Tableau, etc. also depend on Presto for interactive analytics.

As part of the Presto team, you will design, implement, optimize, and manage large scale distributed computing infrastructure that will impact multiple business use cases at Uber scale. You will also have the opportunity to collaborate with the open source community for Presto.

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points
- What the Candidate Will Do -

• Learn the internals of big data infrastructure at Uber scale.
• Deep-Dive the internal of MPP Data Analytics Engine, do the optimization on the query logical/physical/execution plan, and also improve the query execution on the runtime engine including codegen, threading model, data formatting and reader, etc.
• Design and implement distributed and real-time algorithms for interactive data processing.
• Improve production cluster orchestration and service reliability and availability.
• Work with multiple partner teams within and outside of Uber and build cross-functional solutions in a collaborative work environment.
• Be actively involved in the Presto open source community by making code contributions, giving talks, and participating in community activities.

- Basic Qualifications -

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 6+ years of experience building large scale distributed software systems.
• Solid understanding of Java for backend / syst...