Senior Staff Software Engineer

The security organization at Uber is dedicated to enabling safe and secure innovation while protecting the communities we serve both online and in the physical world. Our teams are responsible for protecting both people and their data across intersections of the digital and physical world. The primary objective for Uber Engineering Security team is to enable the technical ambitions of the company while maintaining the highest standards of security and privacy for our customers and partners. As cybersecurity threats evolve, so do we.

About the Role

Lead efforts within the organization to drive the development and maintenance of services, frameworks, and solutions to support user-facing products, downstream services, or infrastructure tools and platforms used across Uber.

What You'll Do

• Lead efforts within the organization to drive the development and maintenance of services, frameworks, and solutions to support user-facing products, downstream services, or infrastructure tools and platforms used across Uber. You are passionate and pragmatic technologists who are able to design scalable systems while delivering efficient code. You are not only role models, but also empathic leaders. You are humble teachers, technically mentoring a team of passionate engineers while also delivering uniquely challenging projects. The privacy landscape is constantly evolving, and with the adoption of ML/AI/GAI backed by extensive heterogeneous data, security & privacy threats are inevitably broadened. With your deep and comprehensive expertise across major technology stacks, you will architect, implement and scale industry-leading privacy solutions for the entire company. You will collaborate with privacy & security leaders and with the broader engineering organization to ensure that the technologies and systems that Uber depends on are built with privacy-by-design in mind.

Basic Qualifications

• BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 7+ years of industry experience in a software development environment.
• Proficiency in programming languages like Java, Golang, or C++.
• Hands-on experience with middleware, message queues, caches, and other related technologies.
• Strong experience in architecture design, high-availability, and high-performance systems.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with security and/or privacy enhancing technologies (PETs),
• Experience with various encryption algorithms, anonymization, and data minimization.
• Prior experience leading the design or reconstruction of complex systems, preferably in e-commerce or retail-related fields.
• Experience with building real time data pipelines.
• Deep understanding of the related theories of distributed systems, such as load balancing, distributed transactions, CAP/BASE, etc
• Experience with common controls, application, and infrastructure privacy vulnerabilities and mitigations.
• Incorporation of Machine Learning algorithms into shipping products.

At Uber, we ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. We take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 600 cities around the world.

We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have a curiosity, passion and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let’s move the world forward, together.

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

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$252,000 per year - USD$280,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$252,000 per year - USD$280,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$252,000 per year - USD$280,000 per year.

For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard 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. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber’s cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.