Senior Privacy Engineer

Do you believe that people should compassionately support one another to create a better world? Well, we do!

Serving as the world’s most trusted fundraising platform, GoFundMe is committed to creating a better world by making it safe and easy for people to support causes they’re passionate about. When someone sees a need—whether it’s in their neighborhood or across the globe—they can turn their compassion into action through GoFundMe. Our customers have raised over $15 billion for their personal causes, making GoFundMe a top 200 website in the US based on traffic, with a monthly audience of over 100 million people. 

We are looking for someone who is passionate about privacy, to help further develop and implement our data protection strategy through their technical expertise, ability to work cross functionally and love for a fast-paced environment.

The Job…

Assist with improving and maintaining of our Privacy By Design programme  

Respond to privacy incidents, information collection, root cause and remediation 

Assist with PIAs, DPIAs where necessary, risk analysis and conducting internal audits 

Work cross functionally with data protection, legal, security and engineering teams to ensure compliance with with data protection and privacy requirements

Guide the development of new privacy products, features and tools

Identify technical areas of improvement in local practices relative to managing data privacy

Conduct technical reviews to identify and escalate potential privacy concerns

Assist in maintaining privacy governance model

Encryption, anonymization and pseudonymization to protect PII

Optimize key privacy controls 

You…  

Tech degree/certification - BS in computer science, computer engineering, related area

Passion for privacy/data protection

Analytical and problem solving 

Communication - ability to clearly communicate complex information cross functionally

Ability to work autonomously

Background in secure coding and best practices code auditing

Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python

Experience with AWS and Redshift

Awareness of data protection regulations and principles 

Why you’ll love it  here...

We offer competitive pay, stock options and excellent benefits. Employees can choose from a wide range of health insurance options, including medical, dental, and vision. We cover 100% of employee premiums and 80% of premiums for spouses and dependents. 

We provide generous maternity and paternity leave, as well as a 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.

Employees can enjoy perks such as complimentary lunches, commuter benefits, a $600 wellness stipend, paid volunteer time, and generous sick time and paid time off (Due to COVID-19 employees now get a work from home stipend) 

We encourage our employees to support fundraisers by offering our Gives Back program. Employees can select a fundraiser every week to nominate to receive a donation from the company.

Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team is always finding new ways for our company to uphold and represent the experiences of all of the people in our organization.

We offer employee resource groups for women, parents, and the LGBTQIA+ community.

Your work has real purpose and will help change lives on a global scale.

You’ll be a part of a fun, supportive team that works hard and celebrates accomplishments together. 

We live by our core values: consider everything, do the right thing, spread empathy, delight the customer, and give back.

We are a certified Great Place to Work and we’re growing fast and have incredible opportunities ahead!.

GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to providing diversity, equity, and inclusion training to all employees, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, nationality or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, age, medical condition, mental or physical disability, or military or veteran status.

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Location

San Diego, California, United States