Security Automation Engineer II

Uber; Seattle (WA, CA); On-site; USD 171,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus program

Equity award

401(k) plan

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Uber is seeking an experienced software engineer for its Offensive Security team in the US. You will build platforms and automation for SAST, DAST, SCA, and AI-driven security testing, delivering scalable solutions that integrate with CI/CD and source control.Expect collaboration across Product, Data Science, and Ops to shape robust security workflows.

The role emphasizes ownership, systems thinking, and rigorous monitoring, with opportunities to apply frontier AI models to real-world security

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend development, distributed systems, or data engineering.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Go, Java, Python, or C++).
• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience writing tests and establishing monitoring systems.
• Experience building APIs, service integrations, or automated workflows.
• Understanding of secure software development fundamentals.
• Familiarity with source control, CI/CD, and automated testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Build software platforms and automation across SAST, DAST, SCA, penetration testing, AI red teaming, and threat modeling.
• Develop AI-powered agents and workflows to analyze code, orchestrate assessments, generate test cases, and validate findings.
• Partner with security engineers to translate expertise into repeatable, scalable capabilities.
• Build and scale foundational infrastructure and data pipelines with attention to long-term impact.
• Integrate security capabilities with source control, CI/CD, inventories, and issue-tracking systems.
• Create shared services for orchestration, findings normalization, and remediation tracking.
• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality code for moderately complex features with multiple dependencies.
• Develop evaluation frameworks and safeguards for AI-driven workflows with auditability and access controls.
• Own the software lifecycle end-to-end from design documents to production incident debugging.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Data engineering

Go / Java / Python / C++

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Spark

Flink

Kafka

Job description

Uber is seeking an experienced software engineer for its Offensive Security team in the US. You will build platforms and automation for SAST, DAST, SCA, and AI-driven security testing, delivering scalable solutions that integrate with CI/CD and source control.Expect collaboration across Product, Data Science, and Ops to shape robust security workflows.

The role emphasizes ownership, systems thinking, and rigorous monitoring, with opportunities to apply frontier AI models to real-world security