By Greg Bensinger

Uber Technologies Inc. fired a top software engineer for failing to disclose allegations of sexual harassment at his previous employer, Alphabet Inc.'s Google, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Amit Singhal, senior vice president of engineering, had joined Uber just over a month ago. Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick asked him to step down after the company learned recently of the allegations about his time at Google, this person said.

Mr. Singhal said in a statement, "Harassment is unacceptable in any setting. I certainly want everyone to know that I do not condone and have not committed such behavior. In my 20-year career, I've never been accused of anything like this before and the decision to leave Google was my own."

--Jack Nicas contributed to this article.

Write to Greg Bensinger at greg.bensinger@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 27, 2017 16:41 ET (21:41 GMT)

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