Location
New York, New York, Seattle, Washington, San Francisco, California, Sunnyvale, California
Type
Full-time
Posted
5/6/2026
Compensation
$202,000 per year
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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