What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Staff Engineer IAM position at Uber?
The Team
The Team
The Identity organization is the foundational gateway to Uber's ecosystem. We manage the core identity functions for millions of riders, drivers, earners, and merchants globally. Our mission is to provide a seamless, secure, and "invisible" identity experience across every Uber product, partner, and acquisition.
With a global footprint of 120 engineers, we operate at a huge scale. As a Sr. Staff Engineer, you won't just be part of the team; you will be the technical conscience of our identity architecture, ensuring our stack-from mobile SDKs to high-throughput backend services-is resilient enough for the next decade of growth.
Your Impact
Long-Range Architectural Stewardship: You aren't just thinking about the next sprint. You are anticipating shifts in the identity landscape (e.g., Passkeys, Decentralized Identity, Zero Trust) 24 months out, ensuring Uber's modular architecture can pivot without massive rewrites.
The "Force Multiplier" Effect: You elevate the entire 120 person organization. Whether through defining GenAI-driven fraud detection patterns or setting the standard for "Identity-as-Code," your designs reduce complexity and increase developer velocity across all of Uber Engineering.
Cross-Domain Influence: You are a primary bridge between Engineering, Product, and Legal/Compliance. You translate complex regulatory requirements (GDPR, DMA, etc.) into elegant technical solutions that don't compromise the user experience.
Operational Excellence at 1B Scale: You drive the reliability and performance standards for systems that handle hundreds of thousands of requests per second, ensuring five-nines availability for Uber's most critical path.
The Team
The Identity organization is the foundational gateway to Uber's ecosystem. We manage the core identity functions for millions of riders, drivers, earners, and merchants globally. Our mission is to provide a seamless, secure, and "invisible" identity experience across every Uber product, partner, and acquisition.
With a global footprint of 120 engineers, we operate at a huge scale. As a Sr. Staff Engineer, you won't just be part of the team; you will be the technical conscience of our identity architecture, ensuring our stack-from mobile SDKs to high-throughput backend services-is resilient enough for the next decade of growth.
Your Impact
Long-Range Architectural Stewardship: You aren't just thinking about the next sprint. You are anticipating shifts in the identity landscape (e.g., Passkeys, Decentralized Identity, Zero Trust) 24 months out, ensuring Uber's modular architecture can pivot without massive rewrites.
The "Force Multiplier" Effect: You elevate the entire 120 person organization. Whether through defining GenAI-driven fraud detection patterns or setting the standard for "Identity-as-Code," your designs reduce complexity and increase developer velocity across all of Uber Engineering.
Cross-Domain Influence: You are a primary bridge between Engineering, Product, and Legal/Compliance. You translate complex regulatory requirements (GDPR, DMA, etc.) into elegant technical solutions that don't compromise the user experience.
Operational Excellence at 1B Scale: You drive the reliability and performance standards for systems that handle hundreds of thousands of requests per second, ensuring five-nines availability for Uber's most critical path.
- Basic Qualifications
- BS or equivalent in Computer Science, or related field. 12 years full-time Software Engineering work experience.
- Designing and building large scale distributed systems, including launching and migrating a large backend platform to 100's of millions of users.
- Customer facing Platforms/SaaS serving 100's of millions of customers
- Preferred Qualifications
- Identity and access management experience
- Experience working with 1B user systems or products
- Integrations connecting systems between scaled tech driven companies
- Lead projects spanning across large organizations
Salary : $267,000 - $297,000