IAM Software Engineer II

About the role and team

Sec Eng at Uber means building for real-world impact under real-world constraints. The Identity and Access Management (IAM) team is currently driving a high-stakes transformation of our governance systems and microservices, moving away from legacy polished pictures toward adaptive, AI-driven security models. You will design and build the extensible features, APIs, and workflows that manage authentication and authorization for Uber’s global internal workforce and services.

We are looking for a Security Engineer who stays calm under pressure and possesses the grit to own a project from the first design doc to debugging production issues at scale. If you are energized by the challenge of bridging digital security with real-world movement and want to lead the adoption of industry-leading trends like RAG and MCP in the identity space, this is where you will grow.

What you’ll do

• Design, build, and maintain centralized access management systems and risk models where performance, security, and scale are inseparable.
• Solve messy, high-impact identity problems (such as birthright provisioning and access certifications) often without a clear starting point.
• Own your work end-to-end, from writing high-quality engineering design documents to managing critical platform changes using Terraform and standard build code.
• Champion software engineering best practices like code health, testing, and design clarity even when project stakes and pressure are high.
• Collaborate across disciplines to integrate SSO applications and middleware technologies while acting as the technical voice of the identity team.
• Navigate technical debt and legacy complexity within LDAP, MFA, and distributed database systems to unblock developer productivity.

Basic Qualifications

• Senior/Staff seniority in the development, design, and consulting of SailPoint IIQ or similar IGA and authentication platforms.
• Experience building and documenting high-quality code for complex software systems scaling to millions of users.
• Proficiency with large-scale distributed storage and SQL database systems such as MySQL.
• Strong understanding of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Policy-Based Access Control (PBAC), and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC).
• Education requirement: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Preferred Qualifications

• Working experience in DevOps, Linux, Puppet, and infrastructure automation to improve system reliability.
• Experience leveraging AI/ML, prompt engineering, or MCP to build innovative identity solutions or resolve operational bottlenecks.
• Technical certifications in SailPoint, Google Cloud, or Microsoft security architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to use CSS and JavaScript to build or customize complex front-end interfaces for security tools.
• Experience using developer productivity tools like Cursor or GitHub Copilot to optimize the software development lifecycle.

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Ready to Ride?

This isn't the kind of place where you follow a playbook — it's where you help write one. If you're driven by impact, energized by challenge, and ready to shape how the world moves — we'd love to hear from you.

You may be eligible for bonuses, equity, and other compensation, as well as a range of benefits. Explore our benefits.

Offices remain key to collaboration and Uber's culture. Unless approved for full remote work, employees must spend at least 50% of their time in-office. Some roles, like those at greenlight hubs, require full-time in-office presence. Ask your Recruiter for details about this role's requirements.

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