About the Role
The Identity team at Uber ensures that users, businesses, devices and applications can seamlessly and securely access Uber and affiliated third parties. We facilitate the complete lifecycle of identity, including creation, access and management. In particular, the Consumer Identity org's mission is to create a unified and secure Uber identity that enables Uber products and partners to grow efficiently and at scale. We own the end to end experience of signup, login and account management for all users for Uber.
We are a highly collaborative, cross-functional team consisting of backend engineers, front-end engineers, product managers, data scientists and designers working together to manage identity at Uber effectively while enabling unprecedented growth. Uber's identity is early in the roadmap and you will have a unique opportunity to shape the identity vision and experience a rapidly growing team.
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The Consumer Identity team is seeking a Backend Engineer with experience building high-scale services and platforms, as well as experience working with identity systems and data modeling. As an engineer on the Partner Identity team, you'll be responsible for designing, data modeling, and developing the next-generation consumer identity platform. This platform will empower every user at Uber's platform across all LoBs (e.g. Rider, Driver, Eats, Freight, Direct, Uber for Business, etc).
What You'll Do
- Solve challenging distributed systems problems around scalability, reliability, low latency, and high availability with one of the largest-scale services at Uber
- Design and develop end-to-end features for consumer identity such as Passkeys, MFA, and SSO integration
- Collaborate and consult with multiple Uber product teams as well as external partners to solve business problems using our platform
- Ensure customer security, privacy, and seamless user experience for each product in collaboration with product managers, designers, security, privacy and risk teams.
- Ensure that identified security issues are prioritized and addressed in an appropriate time frame.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
- Experience hands-on coding using a general-purpose programming language (e.g. C/C++, Java, Python, Go, C#)
- Experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems
Preferred Qualifications
- The ideal candidate should possess experience in design and development of direct-to-consumer products
- Experience in areas of Authentication, Security, Cryptography, Identity Management, Authorization, and Access Control
- Experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, X.509, and other standard authentication protocols.
- Excellent documentation, communication, and collaboration skills.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$185,000 per year - USD$205,500 per year.
For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$185,000 per year - USD$205,500 per year.
For all US locations, you will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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.
Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.