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Senior Software Security Engineer

Uber

Location

New York, New York, Seattle, Washington, San Francisco, California, Sunnyvale, California

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/6/2026

Compensation

$202,000 per year

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

Job description

Uber is looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join the Application Security team. This role focuses on enhancing Uber's AppSec platform through automation and innovative security solutions. The engineer will work on identifying and remediating vulnerabilities across Uber's applications while collaborating with various engineering teams. This position also offers opportunities for mentorship and professional growth in both software engineering and security.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
  • Strong programming experience in one or more languages such as Go, Java, C, or Python.
  • Experience identifying and remediating common security vulnerabilities.
  • Solid understanding of service-oriented and distributed system architectures.
  • Experience designing and implementing REST APIs.
  • Experience with datastore technologies, including relational and NoSQL databases.
  • Familiarity with distributed messaging systems.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and deploy large-scale automation to discover, analyze, and remediate security vulnerabilities.
  • Design end-to-end systems and features for application security platforms.
  • Identify security-sensitive functionality and coverage gaps across applications and services.
  • Research novel attack techniques and security weaknesses, and automate their detection.
  • Build distributed backend systems that power real-time analytics and data-driven security insights.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering teams and stakeholders to integrate security capabilities.
  • Provide guidance to application and service owners to remediate identified security issues.
  • Perform threat modeling, design reviews, and code reviews to assess security risks.
  • Mentor junior and new graduate engineers.

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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