Risk Compliance Analyst Jobs in California
Risk Compliance Analyst jobs in California are among the most active in the country, concentrated in financial services, fintech, healthcare, and technology, with openings at every level from entry-level to senior. Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego drive the most hiring, with established employers such as Wells Fargo, Kaiser Permanente, and Pacific Premier Bancorp maintaining consistent demand. The most in-demand specialties are financial crimes compliance, regulatory risk, and healthcare compliance. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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As a Senior Security Technologist on the team, you will help lead security diligence, integration, and operational security efforts for acquisitions, strategic investments, and subsidiary environments. You will collaborate with subsidiary security personnel to uplift their security operations to Uber minimum standards post-acquisition.
This role combines advisory, operational, and hands-on security engineering responsibilities, including automation, incident response, and pragmatic risk management in fast-moving, evolving environments. Successful candidates are excited to build practical solutions, improve security operations, and help teams navigate complex integration challenges.
You will write code using approved AI tooling, automate workflows, deploy security tooling to subsidiary environments, integrate systems, improve telemetry visibility, and help operationalize security capabilities across newly acquired target companies and evolving environments. You will also help respond to security incidents involving subsidiaries and acquired companies, partnering closely with internal security teams and business stakeholders to rapidly reduce risk and improve resilience.
The ideal candidate is comfortable:
- building automation and integrations,
- investigating security incidents,
- deploying security tooling,
- leveraging AI-assisted engineering workflows,
- and communicating technical risk to leadership.
Travel may occasionally be required to support acquisition diligence or integration efforts, but is generally infrequent and based on business needs.
What You'll Do
Assess the cyber security maturity of acquisition targets across infrastructure, on-prem, cloud, identity, endpoint, SaaS, and engineering environments
- Identify key technical and operational risks, domain specific security gaps, and integration challenges associated with acquired organizations
- Design and implement scalable security integrations for newly acquired companies and subsidiaries
- Build automation, tooling, and workflows to accelerate security onboarding and operational visibility
- Write code and scripts to integrate systems, normalize telemetry, automate remediation activities, and improve operational efficiency
- Use AI-assisted engineering and automation techniques to improve analysis, integration, and security operations workflows
- Deploy and operationalize security services such as:
- endpoint detection and response (EDR)
- vulnerability management
- logging and telemetry collection
- Incident Response Monitoring for Subsidiaries
- identity and access management
- device management
- cloud security monitoring
- asset inventory and visibility tooling
- Partner with Engineering Security, Enterprise Security, Cloud Security, Security Response and Investigations, Information Technology (IT) Privacy, Legal, Corporate Development, and business stakeholders during acquisition and integration activities
- Respond to and help coordinate security incidents involving subsidiaries and acquired entities
- Support containment, remediation, recovery, and long-term hardening efforts during incident response scenarios
- 5+ years of experience in security engineering, cloud security, infrastructure security, detection and response, or related technical security roles
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Hands-on engineering and troubleshooting experience in modern enterprise environments
- Experience applying risk management principles in complex cybersecurity environments, including both cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
- Experience writing code or automation using languages such as Python, Go, Bash, or similar
- Experience integrating or deploying security technologies in cloud or enterprise environments
- Experience working with modern cloud infrastructure and SaaS ecosystems
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows and modern automation techniques
- Experience supporting or responding to security incidents
- Understanding of:
- cloud infrastructure and security
- identity and access management
- endpoint security
- vulnerability management
- logging and telemetry systems
- enterprise SaaS platforms
- networking fundamentals
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Comfort navigating evolving priorities and collaborating across teams in fast-moving environments
- Strong information assurance management principles and practices
- Assess security risk across interconnected cloud and on-premises environments.
- Understand how security controls interact, overlap, and compensate for one another.
- Apply risk-based decision-making to evaluate control effectiveness and overall security posture.
- Partner with technical and business teams to align security requirements with operational needs
- Experience building internal security tooling or operational automation platforms
- Experience integrating acquired environments into centralized security operations
- Familiarity with detection engineering, SIEM platforms, or telemetry pipelines
- Experience assessing engineering and software development security practices
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code or cloud automation frameworks
- Experience using LLMs or AI tooling to improve engineering or security workflows
- Incident response, investigative, and problem-solving experience
- Written communication and program management experience Ability to balance pragmatic execution with long-term security strategy
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $180,000 per year - USD $200,000 per year.
For Seattle, WA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $180,000 per year - USD $200,000 per year.
For Sunnyvale, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $180,000 per year - USD $200,000 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.
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.
Uber is proud to be an Equal Opportunity 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 this form.
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- Technology & Software
- Electronics & Hardware
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Investment & Asset Management
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in risk compliance analyst jobs across California.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, law, or a related field
- One to five years of experience in compliance, risk management, or audit functions
- Familiarity with California-specific regulations including DFPI rules and CCPA requirements
- Professional certification such as CRCM, CCEP, or CFE preferred by most California employers
- Proficiency with GRC platforms, compliance monitoring tools, and risk assessment frameworks
- Strong written communication skills for drafting policies, audit findings, and regulatory reports
Risk Compliance Analyst Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a risk compliance analyst in California?
Most California employers require a bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, or a related discipline as the foundation for this role. California does not mandate a state-issued license for risk compliance analysts, but earning a recognized certification such as the Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager, Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional, or Certified Fraud Examiner strengthens candidacy significantly. Familiarity with California-specific frameworks, including DFPI oversight and the California Consumer Privacy Act, is a consistent differentiator when competing for roles in the state.
How much do risk compliance analysts make in California?
Risk compliance analysts in California earn a median of about $96,980 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $57,530 for the lowest 10% to over $158,280 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire risk compliance analysts in California?
Employers hiring risk compliance analysts in California right now include Qcells, Meta, and Uber, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. California's dense concentration of regional banks, health systems, and technology companies means hiring is spread across multiple industries rather than limited to traditional financial services firms.
Which California cities have the most risk compliance analyst jobs?
San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego are the California cities with the most risk compliance analyst openings. Los Angeles attracts heavy demand from its large banking and entertainment finance sector, San Francisco from its concentration of fintech and venture-backed financial firms, and San Diego from its growing life sciences and healthcare compliance market, with regional bank headquarters adding consistent volume across all three metros.
Are there remote risk compliance analyst jobs in California?
Yes, and more than many fields, since risk compliance analyst work is primarily desk-based, document-driven, and executable without a fixed physical location. About 71% of risk compliance analyst openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting a broad shift toward flexible arrangements across financial services and technology. Policy review, regulatory monitoring, and audit reporting are the functions most commonly performed fully remote, while roles with direct examiner interaction or on-site auditing tend to require a physical presence.
How can I get hired as a risk compliance analyst in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a lateral move from an adjacent role such as internal audit associate, bank operations specialist, or legal administrative coordinator at a California financial institution or health system. Large California employers including Bank of the West, Dignity Health, and regional credit unions run compliance associate and analyst development programs aimed at candidates without direct compliance experience. Earning a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager credential or completing a California Community College paralegal or business law certificate before applying gives candidates a concrete edge and demonstrates regulatory literacy to hiring managers reviewing entry-level applicants.
Where can I find and apply to risk compliance analyst jobs in California?
You can find and apply to risk compliance analyst jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings across financial services, healthcare, technology, and other sectors. Search the listings to see roles that match your experience level and location, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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