Sr Manager, Engineering

The security organization at Uber is dedicated to enabling safe and secure innovation while protecting the communities we serve both online and in the physical world. Our teams are responsible for protecting both people and their data across intersections of the digital and physical world. The primary objective for Uber Engineering Security team is to enable the technical ambitions of the company while maintaining the highest standards of security and privacy for our customers and partners. As cybersecurity threats evolve, so do we.
About the Role
Uber's Engineering Privacy & Security organization is looking for a Sr. Engineering Manager to lead our privacy engineering & science team. In this role you will be responsible for leading a team of highly skilled software engineers & applied scientists who think 'privacy & security by design'. You will work closely with our product engineering, product management, privacy legal, and operations teams to build highly scalable and extensible privacy solutions and toolings, and in the process, lay the foundation for our next-generation, foundational privacy & security platform. This is a unique opportunity for an sr. engineering manager who is collaborative and has a healthy sense of curiosity to make real positive impacts to Uber's privacy & security posture, lead the strategic direction and evolution of our privacy & security platform, and lead cutting-edge ML/LLM research in the area of privacy and security.
What You'll Do

• Lead, manage, and develop our geographically distributed engineering & science team.
• Mentor junior software engineers & scientists.
• Manage a team that designs, builds and deploys in-house privacy & security solutions.
• Partner with internal customers such as infrastructure and operations teams to build services and systems to optimize continuous deployment, privacy enablement, & threat and vulnerability detection.
• Create quality written work products and engineering artifacts for both technical and non-technical consumers
• Be a subject matter expert and ambassador to Uber Engineering and our subsidiaries, for privacy & security best practices, and all related aspects of privacy preserving technologies.
• Lead cutting edge ML & Engineering research to enhance our privacy and security posture.

Basic Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or equivalent.
• 5+ years experience as a software engineer, and programming skills in Java, Go, or Python
• 5+ years full-time engineering management work experience.
• Experience leading both engineers and applied/data scientists.
• Ability to problems solve and make complex decisions with incomplete information in highly ambiguous situations and environments.
• Great interpersonal skills, deep technical ability, and a track record of successful execution in cloud security engineering or product development at cloud-scale.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building privacy preserving technologies.
• Prior experience in leading teams over multiple locations, and working across multiple in-house engineering organizations
• Experience in algorithm development and prototyping.
• Experience with productionizing algorithms for real-time systems.
• Good understanding of LLM fine-tuning, RAG, and guardrails

At Uber, we ignite opportunity by setting the world in motion. We take on big problems to help drivers, riders, delivery partners, and eaters get moving in more than 600 cities around the world.

We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have a curiosity, passion and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together.

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.

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For New York, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$252,000 per year - USD$280,000 per year.

For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$252,000 per year - USD$280,000 per year.

For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$252,000 per year - USD$280,000 per year.

For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$252,000 per year - USD$280,000 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. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link .

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 .

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.