2026 PhD Software Engineer Intern (Data Storage), United States

Sunnyvale, CA, US • Posted 12 hours ago • Updated 1 hour ago
Full Time
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Skills

  • Embedded Systems
  • Supervision
  • Data Storage
  • Hosting
  • Data Analysis
  • Backup
  • Management
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Product Requirements
  • Collaboration
  • Machine Learning (ML)
  • Workflow
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • C++
  • Java
  • Python
  • Research
  • IDEA
  • Presentations
  • Publishing

Summary

Job Description

We're looking for PhD candidates to intern on the Data Storage team during summer 2026 (12 weeks). You will be embedded in our engineering team and work closely with other specialists, software developers, and product managers. As a PhD intern, you will work on an exciting yet bold problem in depth and independently, under the supervision of an experienced engineer on that team.

About the Team

The Uber Data Storage team leverages various technologies hosting EB level of data to serve data analytics, ML, backup and other needs. We manage both structured and non structured data (especially multimodality data) for customers. In the era of AI, teams are working on many technically challenging problems to specifically serve our AI/ML customers performantly and efficiently.

What You'll Do

  • Drive exciting, ambitious, previously unsolved projects from end to end
  • Thrive in ambiguous product requirements
  • Collaborate with product managers, data scientists and machine learning engineers closely
  • Make data driven decisions, with exceptional execution
  • Be motivated to own projects and push them forward with independence
  • Most importantly, have a passion to make Uber better for our customers

Basic Qualifications

  • Currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program studying distributed systems, machine learning, or a related engineering field
  • Candidates must have at least one semester/quarter of their education left following the internship

Preferred Qualifications

  • Knowledge of underlying technical foundations of distributed systems, machine learning workflows, etc.
  • Experience in one or more object-oriented languages, including C++, Java, Python, or Go.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business partners
  • Experience in simplifying/converting business problems into technical problems
  • Research mentality with a bias towards action to structure a project from idea to experimentation to prototype to implementation
  • Experience presenting at industry recognized academic conferences and a good publishing record
  • Experience with handling multimodality data in the industry

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base hourly rate amount for this role is USD$67.00 per hour.

You will also be eligible for various benefits.
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  • Dice Id: 90958168
  • Position Id: 69d5519ef034e53b71e4394388782993
  • Posted 12 hours ago
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