Uber

Software Engineer II - Risk & Compliance

Uber • $171K — $190K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend development, distributed systems, or data engineering.
  • Proficiency in one or more object-oriented or functional programming languages (e.g., Go, Java, Python, or C++).
  • Experience with data modeling, query optimization, and translating customer problems into system design.
  • Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Experience writing tests to verify functionality and establishing monitoring systems to ensure code stability.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain core services for continuous compliance monitoring and risk assessments.
  • Build and scale security data pipelines to process audit logs and vulnerability signals.
  • Own compliance and risk engineering initiatives from design to incident resolution.
  • Collaborate with Security, Legal, Compliance, and Infrastructure teams to simplify regulatory requirements into automation.
  • Champion secure coding standards through code reviews and automated testing.
  • Streamline evidence collection and audit workflows for internal engineering teams.

Benefits

  • Participation in Uber's bonus program.
  • Eligibility for equity awards.
  • Access to a 401(k) plan.
  • Various employee benefits offered.
Full Job Description
Job Description

What you'll do
  • Design, develop, and maintain core services and features that automate continuous compliance monitoring, risk assessments, and security baseline controls across internal systems.
  • Build and scale security data pipelines and infrastructure to process audit logs, telemetry, and vulnerability signals, balancing technical debt with long-term platform scalability.
  • Own compliance and risk engineering initiatives end-to-end, from drafting architectural design docs to resolving production security incidents and mitigating system vulnerabilities.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Security, Legal, Compliance, and Core Infrastructure teams to translate complex regulatory requirements and security policies into simple, developer-friendly automation.
  • Champion secure coding standards and engineering best practices by conducting thorough code reviews, expanding automated integration/compliance testing, and improving system resilience.
  • Streamline evidence collection and audit workflows to minimize friction for internal engineering teams while ensuring our production environment strictly adheres to compliance benchmarks


Basic Qualifications
  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience in backend development, distributed systems, or data engineering.
  • Proficiency in one or more object-oriented or functional programming languages (e.g., Go, Java, Python, or C++).
  • Experience with data modeling, query optimization, and translating customer problems into system design.
  • Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Experience writing tests to verify functionality and establishing monitoring systems to ensure code stability.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Domain Experience: Prior experience building or maintaining systems within security, risk, or compliance domains (e.g., audit logging, identity/access management, continuous compliance monitoring, or GRC automation).
  • Security & Compliance Frameworks: Familiarity with industry security standards and compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, or PCI-DSS) and translating policy into technical safeguards.
  • Big Data & Telemetry Pipelines: Proficiency with data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Flink) or streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka) used for real-time audit logging, security telemetry, or anomaly detection.
  • Policy & Infrastructure Automation: Exposure to Policy-as-Code tooling (e.g., Open Policy Agent/Rego) or automated security control validation in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Engineering Culture & Trade-Offs: Track record of mentoring junior team members, contributing to a security-first culture, and making sound trade-offs between delivery velocity and security/compliance posture.


Responsibilities

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $171,000 per year - USD $190,000 per year.

You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.

About Uber

Uber Entertainment, Inc. is a privately held video game development company headquartered in beautiful downtown Kirkland, WA. Uber is currently developing Planetary Annihilation, a next generation real time strategy game of epic proportions.

Uber Careers

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Learn more about Uber
Size
29,300 employees
Market Cap
$48.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$6.7 billion
Founded
2009
5 Year Trend
+35.3%
Revenue
$11.1 billion
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