Senior Privacy Engineer

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GoFundMe is the world’s most powerful community for good, dedicated to helping people help each other. By uniting individuals and nonprofits in one place, GoFundMe makes it easy and safe for people to ask for help and support causes—for themselves and each other. Together, our community has raised more than $40 billion since 2010.

We are seeking a Senior Privacy Engineer to join our Data Platform and Security team. This role will be instrumental in embedding privacy by design principles into our modern cloud-native data ecosystem. You will improve and operationalize privacy controls across data pipelines, products, and platforms—ensuring that personal and sensitive information is protected while enabling scalable analytics, AI/ML, and product innovation. By working closely with security, engineering, legal, and data teams, you will help us balance compliance with speed, building trust in how data is managed, protected, and used.

This role is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with an in-office expectation of 3x per week.

The Job…

As the Senior Privacy Engineer, you will:

• 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.

You…

• 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..
• Familiarity with privacy tech platforms (e.g. DataGrail, Transcend), Data Subject Requests, cookie and tracking technology management platforms (CMPs)  is a plus.
• Experience embedding privacy into modern data platforms (CDPs, Snowflake, Databricks, analytics tools, AI/ML workflows) is highly beneficial.

Why you’ll love it here

• Make an Impact: Be part of a mission-driven organization making a positive difference in millions of lives every year.
• Innovative Environment: Work with a diverse, passionate, and talented team in a fast-paced, forward-thinking atmosphere.
• Collaborative Team: Join a fun and collaborative team that works hard and celebrates success together.
• Competitive Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay and comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• Holistic Support: Enjoy 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.
• Growth Opportunities: Participate in learning, development, and recognition programs to help you thrive and grow.
• Commitment to DEI: Contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion through ongoing initiatives and employee resource groups.
• Community Engagement: Make a difference through our volunteering and Gives Back programs.

We live by our core values: impatient to be great, find a way, earn trust every day, fueled by purpose. Be a part of something bigger with us!

GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences.  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.

The total annual salary for this full-time position is $156,000 - $234,000 + equity + benefits.  The salary range was determined by role, level, and possible location across the US. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range based on your location during the hiring process. 

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete a job application or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact us at accommodationrequests@gofundme.com. 

Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates and Applicants:

Depending on your location, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or certain US privacy laws may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available here. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required. 

Learn more about GoFundMe:

We’re proud to partner with GoFundMe.org, an independent public charity, to extend the reach and impact of our generous community, while helping drive critical social change. You can learn more about GoFundMe.org’s activities and impact in their FY ‘24 annual report.

Our annual “Year in Help” report reflects our community’s impact in advancing our mission of helping people help each other.

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