Senior Software Engineer - Privacy & Security

Uber

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CA · Sunnyvale, CA
Salary
$202,000–$202,000 / yr
Posted
23 days ago

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Above market

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This role $202k
$119k most similar roles pay here $231k

This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$217,725 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $202k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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About Uber

Uber Technologies, Inc. is the world’s largest, San Francisco-based mobile technology platform facilitating on-demand ride-hailing, food delivery (Uber Eats), and freight transportation across approximately 70 countries.

Uber currently has 95 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $232,000–$232,000 across 76 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer - Privacy & Security

Join our Privacy & Security Engineering team as a Senior Software Engineer, where you will design and implement backend platforms and services that enhance privacy and security for Uber’s customers and internal stakeholders at scale. This role involves working in big data environments to deliver robust solutions worldwide, driving excellence through best practices, and staying ahead with the latest technologies. Ideal candidates have experience with Go, Java, or Python, strong architectural skills, and a background in building highly scalable systems. Familiarity with web technologies like React and big data tools such as Spark is beneficial. You should possess excellent communication skills, an engineering-focused degree, and a passion for delivering efficient, well-documented solutions that ensure user satisfaction across various platforms.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement backend platforms that interface with user-facing solutions.
  • Develop large-scale systems in big data environments for global deployment.
  • Advocate and adopt best practices in engineering standards and methodologies.
  • Continuously evaluate new technologies to deliver innovative software solutions.
  • Build highly scalable, robust, and fault-tolerant services at Uber scale.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of software engineering experience in backend technologies.
  • Strong architectural skills and understanding of large-scale platforms.
  • Experience working on highly scalable, robust, and fault-tolerant services.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for collaboration.
  • Ability to drive excellence by adopting best practices and standards.
  • Versatility with full-stack knowledge and adaptability to new technologies.

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