About the Role

The Consumer Identity team owns the entire signup and login journey for all Uber users (Rider, Driver, Eats, Freight, Direct, Uber for Business). This is a high impact role that will directly affect the top of the funnel as this is the first experience customers see when they try out Uber for the first time. As a backend engineer on the team, you'll be responsible for designing and developing the next-generation consumer identity platform, with high business impact as our platform will empower every Uber user. See our engineering blog posts for examples of past projects ( 1 , 2 )

What the Candidate Will Need / Bonus Points - What the Candidate Will Do -

• Design and develop end-to-end features for consumer identity such as Passkeys, MFA, and Identity Verification based challenges.
• Solve challenging distributed systems problems around scalability, reliability, low latency, and high availability with one of the largest-scale services at Uber
• Own innovative growth projects (A/B testing, funnel analysis, product insights) end to end from the engineering side.
• Collaborate and consult with multiple Uber product teams as well as LoBs 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
• 2+ years of experience in Software Engineering

- Preferred Qualifications -

• The ideal candidate would have experience in design and development of consumer facing products
• Experience in areas of Authentication, Security, Cryptography, Identity Management, Authorization, and Access Control
• Experience with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, X.509, RBAC, ABAC, 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$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 per year. For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$167,000 per year - USD$185,500 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.