Sr Software Engineer - Engineer

Uber

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 210,000 - 280,000

Full time

14 days+

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401(k) plan

Job summary

Uber in San Francisco is seeking a senior security-focused software engineer to own the architecture of core security services, focusing on access control, enforcement at scale, and trusted identity.

You will lead distributed systems initiatives, collaborate across teams, and ensure reliability and performance of critical backend infrastructure through design excellence and strong technical leadership.

Qualifications

  • Requires 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with high-availability distributed systems.
  • Proven leadership in driving complex, multi-quarter technical initiatives across team boundaries.
  • Strong expertise in backend infrastructure and security engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical vision and architecture for core security services focused on access management and enforcement at scale.
  • Own critical platform components and drive reliability and performance improvements across teams.

Skills

Distributed Systems
Microservices Architecture
Backend Infrastructure
Authentication
Authorization
IAM
PKI
Software Design
System Architecture
Caching Strategies
Asynchronous Messaging
Observability
AI
ML
Technical Leadership
Security Engineering

Job description

Lead the technical vision and architecture for core security services, focusing on access management and enforcement at scale. Own critical platform components and solve complex distributed systems challenges to ensure reliability and performance.

Requirements

Requires 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong mastery of high-availability distributed systems and backend infrastructure. Proven leadership in driving complex, multi-quarter technical initiatives across team boundaries is essential.

Key Skills

Distributed Systems, Microservices Architecture, Backend Infrastructure, Authentication, Authorization, IAM, PKI, Software Design, System Architecture, Caching Strategies, Asynchronous Messaging, Observability, AI, ML, Technical Leadership, Security Engineering

Benefits

Bonus program, Equity award, 401(k) plan

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