Job DescriptionAbout the RoleOur mission is to protect, defend, and secure Uber's products, infrastructure, and data by building highly available, scalable, and extensible security solutions and services. We are seeking a Staff Security Engineer to join the Cyber Defense team to drive the development of our next-generation incident response and threat hunting capabilities, powered by AI/ML/GenAI. In this role, you will be a passionate and pragmatic technologist, designing scalable systems while delivering high-quality code.
You will architect and implement industry-leading response solutions, including autonomous investigation agents and AI-driven threat hunting platforms, to defend Uber at machine speed against sophisticated, AI-driven adversaries. As a Staff Engineer, you are not only a technical role model but also an empathic leader and humble teacher, mentoring a team of passionate engineers while delivering uniquely challenging projects.
---- What the Candidate Will Do ----- Agentic Incident Response: Architect and build autonomous security agents that investigate, triage, contain, and remediate incidents end-to-end, achieving response at machine speed and dramatically reducing mean-time-to-respond.
- AI-Driven Threat Hunting: Design and lead proactive, hypothesis-driven hunting campaigns across cloud, host, network, and application telemetry, and build the platforms and agents that scale hunting from manual expeditions to continuous, automated pursuit of adversaries.
- Investigation & Forensics at Scale: Build the tooling and data pipelines that power deep investigations and forensics - correlating signals, reconstructing attacker activity, and turning findings into repeatable, automated response playbooks.
- Detection Feedback Loop: Partner with detection engineering to convert hunt findings and incident learnings into higher-fidelity signals, closing the loop between what hunters find and what the platform detects.
- Technical Leadership: Set technical direction for specific projects by identifying priorities, managing expectations, and considering tradeoffs.
- Engineering Excellence: Champion best software engineering practices and empower teams to build a culture of quality and operational excellence.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with IT, product, and various security teams to strengthen response readiness and posture across the entire environment.
---- Basic Qualifications ----- BS/MS Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of industry experience in a software development or security engineering environment.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Golang, Java, or Python.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, high-availability, and high-performance system design.
- Hands-on experience with Cyber Defense such as incident response, threat hunting, and investigation.
---- Preferred Qualifications ----- Master's Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security or a related field.
- Prior experience leading incident response, threat hunting, digital forensics, and building AI-driven response tooling.
- Deep experience incorporating GenAI agents into production security services, specifically for investigation, triage, or automated response.
- In-depth knowledge of security software frameworks, including EDR solutions (e.g., CrowdStrike, SentinelOne) and SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Chronicle).
- Strong understanding of security frameworks and standards (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, ISO 27001).
ResponsibilitiesFor New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 per year.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 per year.
For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 per year.
For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $232,000 per year - USD $258,000 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. All full-time employees are eligible to participate in a 401(k) plan. You will also be eligible for various benefits.
