Rippling · 2 weeks ago
Staff Privacy Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $315K/yrRippling is a company that provides a unified platform for HR, IT, and Finance, enabling businesses to manage their workforce systems effectively. The Staff Privacy Engineer will play a crucial role in safeguarding data privacy, managing incidents, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements through proactive initiatives and automation.
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Responsibilities
Data Privacy Incident Ownership: Own privacy-related incidents (e.g., data misuse, misdirection of PII/PHI, or regulatory exposure) from identification to resolution. Work cross-functionally with Privacy Legal, Security, and Engineering to manage and mitigate risks
Proactive Privacy Projects: Lead initiatives that reduce or prevent privacy incidents. Define scope, set objectives, and deliver impactful outcomes that scale across the company
Team Charter Development: Contribute significantly to building out the charter for the Privacy Engineering & Response team, defining its mission, scope, and operational procedures, shaping its long-term impact
Data Protection & Security Automation: Play a key role in our data protection and data security initiatives by automating processes such as data inventory, data classification, and data tagging
Violation Reporting System: Design and build a system to effectively report data violations, ensuring timely and accurate communication of incidents
Regulatory Compliance: Apply your expertise in privacy engineering and familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements, including but not limited to HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA, to all aspects of your work
Privacy-by-Design Integration: Embed privacy-by-design principles into the product development lifecycle. Influence product and engineering teams to address risks proactively before launch
Qualification
Required
Proven experience in Privacy Engineering, with a track record of measurable impact (e.g., reducing incident frequency/severity, shortening investigation timelines, scaling compliance via automation), including developing and implementing privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) and data anonymization techniques
Deep understanding of global privacy regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and LGPD, with the ability to translate legal and regulatory requirements into technical specifications and implement privacy-by-design solutions
Excellent collaboration, and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively cross-functionally with legal, engineering, product, and other stakeholders to embed privacy into all aspects of the business
Demonstrated experience in conducting privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and data protection impact assessments (DPIAs), as well as identifying and mitigating privacy risks, and developing and implementing privacy controls using privacy risk management frameworks and tools
Familiarity with data security best practices, encryption, access control, and secure software development lifecycles
Strong technical skills in Python or Go; experience with AWS and GCP; and familiarity with data infrastructure (e.g., BigQuery, Snowflake, DLP tooling)
A proactive and problem-solving mindset, adaptable to a fast-paced and evolving regulatory landscape
Benefits
Competitive salary
Benefits
Equity
Company
Rippling
Rippling is a workforce management platform that unifies HR, IT, and finance operations into a single system.
Founded in 2016
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (2)
2024 (42)
2023 (70)
2022 (81)
2021 (33)
2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.44BKey Investors
CoatueGreenoaksFounders Fund
2025-05-09Series G· $450M
2024-04-22Series F· $200M
2024-04-22Secondary Market· $590M
Leadership Team
Albert Strasheim
Chief Technology Officer
Adil Syed
CFO
Recent News
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