GoFundMe · 4 months ago
Senior Privacy Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$156K/yr - $234K/yr
5+ years expGoFundMe is the world’s most powerful community for good, dedicated to helping people help each other. They are seeking a Senior Privacy Engineer to join their Data Platform and Security team, focusing on embedding privacy by design principles into their cloud-native data ecosystem and ensuring compliance with global privacy regulations. The role involves collaborating with various teams to improve privacy controls and innovate privacy solutions.
CrowdfundingInternetPeer to Peer
Responsibilities
Embed Privacy by Design: Strengthen and operationalize our Privacy by Design program across systems, integrations, pipelines, and applications for B2B and B2C products and services
Investigate & Remediate Incidents: Analyze privacy and security incidents, perform root cause analysis, and drive remediation to prevent recurrence
Conduct Risk Assessments: Assist in privacy impact assessments for new products or data uses and risk reviews to identify vulnerabilities in our platforms, APIs, and ML Pipelines etc
Optimize Privacy Controls: Design and implement advanced controls for data classification, access management, encryption, anonymization, and pseudonymization
Provide Guidance & Enablement: Prescribe guidance and techniques for data anonymization and pseudonymization to the Data Engineering team, enabling the ML team to develop privacy-preserving models
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with security, legal, IT, engineering, and AI teams to align on regulatory compliance and technical implementation
Support Compliance: Ensure global privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) across a modern data stack (Snowflake, Databricks, CDP, Looker, AWS etc)
Innovate Privacy Solutions: Drive the development of new privacy-preserving features, tools, and automation for data lifecycle management
Maintain Documentation: Build and update technical documentation covering data flows, tracking technologies, retention policies, and privacy controls
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in privacy engineering, data protection, or security engineering
Passion for privacy, trust, and data protection in modern cloud platforms
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to solve complex privacy and technical issues autonomously
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex topics to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Background in secure coding practices, code auditing, and privacy-preserving design patterns
Proficiency with Python or other scripting languages for automation and privacy tool development
Hands-on experience with cloud environments and integration into data pipelines
Awareness of data protection regulations and principles (GDPR, CCPA,) and the ability to translate legal guidance into technical processes
Experience embedding privacy into modern data platforms (CDPs, Snowflake, Databricks, analytics tools, AI/ML workflows)
Preferred
Familiarity with privacy tech platforms (e.g. DataGrail, Transcend), Data Subject Requests, cookie and tracking technology management platforms (CMPs) is a plus
Benefits
Competitive pay and comprehensive healthcare benefits
Financial assistance for things like hybrid work, family planning, along with generous parental leave, flexible time-off policies, and mental health and wellness resources to support your overall well-being
Learning, development, and recognition programs to help you thrive and grow
Ongoing initiatives and employee resource groups
Company
GoFundMe
GoFundMe is the world’s largest fundraising platform, helping people, causes, and charities raise money fast and efficiently.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
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Leadership Team
Timothy Cadogan
CEO
Steve Froehlich
Chief Customer Growth Officer
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