Uber
Staff Security Engineer - Engineer
$232K–$258K
Seattle, Washington · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in backend software development or platform engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
About the job
Architects and scales Uber’s network-edge security systems to detect and mitigate bots and defend against volumetric DDoS attacks.
What you'll do
- Build distributed systems, data pipelines, and low-latency feature stores for real-time threat detection and enforcement.
- Set technical strategy for AI/ML-driven threat defense and integrate vendor platforms and streaming frameworks.
- Lead technical standards and architecture reviews, mentor engineers, and coordinate cross-functional security initiatives.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in backend software development or platform engineering.
- Proficiency in at least one production programming language: Go, Java.
- Strong backend architecture and distributed-systems experience, plus experience with cloud technologies and containerization.
Nice to have
- Experience in network security, cybersecurity, bot detection, or DDoS mitigation at scale.
- Experience integrating vendor solutions or deploying AI/ML models and real-time streaming frameworks.
Pay
USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Go, Java, AWS, GCP, OCI, Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Flink
AI focus
Drive AI/ML-based threat defense by integrating ML inference pipelines into network-edge environments.
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