Uber
Sr Staff Security Engineer - Engineer
$267K–$297K
San Francisco, California · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of full-time work experience in security engineering, software engineering, or network security.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, or a related technical field.
About the job
Leads the strategy, architecture, and delivery of global network security systems that protect Uber’s infrastructure, products, and data from threats such as DDoS and bot attacks.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and scale distributed network security and edge services, including SASE, ZTNA, segmentation, and DDoS protection.
- Set engineering standards and strategy; lead incident response, vendor integration, and cross-team security initiatives.
- Mentor engineers and communicate security risks and architecture to technical teams and executives.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in a related technical field.
- 10+ years of full-time work experience in security engineering, software engineering, or network security.
- Proficiency in at least one production programming language such as Go, Java, or C++; demonstrated experience building enterprise network security solutions or distributed systems.
- Expertise in network security, public cloud network security, and containerized environments; experience leading multi-team projects and mentoring engineers.
Nice to have
- Master’s Degree or PhD in a related field.
- Experience with AI/ML threat detection at the edge, large-scale bot or DDoS defense, streaming technologies, or third-party edge security platforms.
Pay
USD $267,000 per year - USD $297,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Go, Java, C++, AWS, GCP, OCI, Kubernetes, Docker
AI focus
Preferred experience deploying AI/ML models into edge production systems for threat detection and real-time network enforcement.
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