Senior Staff Engineer - Backend IAM

The Team

The Identity organization is the gateway to Uber's ecosystem, managing the foundational identity functions for our global user base. We serve every Uber product, partner, and acquisition through a comprehensive tech stack-ranging from web and mobile UX to high-scale platform services and SDKs. With a global team of 120+ engineers across the Bay Area, Seattle, and São Paulo, we build the secure, scalable, and compliant systems that power millions of interactions. Here, you'll work at the intersection of all Uber products, influencing our entire technical landscape.

Your Impact

- Architectural Vision: Anticipate and solve large-scale challenges 1-2 years ahead, ensuring our systems remain modular and future-proof.

- Engineering Excellence: Drive the adoption of organizational standards-including GenAI integration-while raising the bar for code quality through hands-on development and reviews.

- Strategic Innovation: Identify and lead high-impact technical bets, balancing bold experimentation with the discipline to \"fail fast.\"

- Efficiency at Scale: Design enduring artifacts that reduce system complexity, accelerate developer velocity, and optimize reliability.

- Collaborative Leadership: Build deep partnerships across Product, Design, and Operations, while fostering an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives drive innovation.

\-\-\-\- Basic Qualifications ----

1. BS or equivalent in Computer Science, or related field. 10-years full-time SoftwareEngineeringwork experience.
2. Designing and building large scale distributed systems, including launching and migrating a large backend platform to 100's of millions of users.
3. Customer facing Platforms/SaaS serving 100's of millions of customers

\-\-\-\- Preferred Qualifications ----

1. Identity and access management experience
2. Experience working with 1B+ user systems or products
3. Integrations connecting systems between scaled tech driven companies
4. Leadprojects spanning across large organizations

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$267,000 per year - USD$297,000 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://jobs.uber.com/en/benefits.

Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuels progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.

Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.