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Staff Software Engineer

Uber

Location

Seattle, Washington, Sunnyvale, California

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/6/2026

Compensation

$232,000 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.0% approval-69% YoY
💎 Strong sponsor

Job description

This role involves driving the development and operations of security services and frameworks to protect Uber's user-facing products and core platforms. The ideal candidate is a strong software engineer with a machine learning background, eager to apply ML/GenAI techniques to real-world security challenges. The position requires designing and building scalable systems and data pipelines for security analytics. Collaboration with security leadership and engineering teams is essential to embed security-by-design across Uber's technology stack.

Requirements

  • BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field
  • 7+ years of industry experience in a software development environment
  • Proficiency in one or more of Golang, SQL, Python
  • Hands-on experience building and operating distributed systems
  • Hands-on experience with machine learning, including feature engineering and deploying models
  • Experience leading projects with global, cross-functional stakeholders
  • Experience mentoring and guiding junior engineers

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and operate software and services that improve Uber's security posture.
  • Build reliable data ingestion, transformation, and feature pipelines to support security analytics.
  • Help take machine learning models from experimentation to deployment, ensuring performance and scalability.
  • Maintain high engineering standards through design reviews, code reviews, and testing.
  • Partner with teams like network operations, incident response, and compliance for cohesive security outcomes.

Benefits

  • Employees at Uber are often offered comprehensive health, life, disability, and mental wellness benefits, along with wellbeing stipends, travel medical coverage, and monthly Uber credits for Rides and Eats. Employees also get generous paid parental leave, flexible time off, and family-planning support so they can care for themselves and their families at every stage.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Uber Technologies Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

65

FY2026

Approval rate

99.0%

FY2026

LCA certified

339

FY2026

Entry-level share

0.3%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-69%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-77%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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