Senior Privacy Engineer I

Company Description
Etsy is the global marketplace for unique and creative goods. We build, power, and evolve the tools and technologies that connect millions of entrepreneurs with millions of buyers around the world. As an Etsy Inc. employee, whether a team member of Etsy, Reverb, or Depop, you will tackle unique, meaningful, and large-scale problems alongside passionate coworkers, all the while making a rewarding impact and Keeping Commerce Human.

What’s the role?

The Privacy Engineering team is seeking a Senior Privacy Engineer I to support our Privacy by Design program, as well as contribute to the building of privacy-protecting systems. As we partner with product, engineering and legal teams during privacy reviews, we are looking for an engineer who can understand various problem spaces and proposals, map those proposals to privacy best practices and policies, and collaborate with both the software engineers on our team and stakeholders from other teams to clear a privacy- path forward. This often requires translating legal requirements into engineering requirements. The right candidate can also ship code against our internal platform engineering objectives when able. This role is technical and requires strong interpersonal skills, and your success will be measured by your ability to understand, interpret and unblock the work of other teams while defending our team mission to protect privacy.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager, Privacy Engineering. In addition to salary, you will also be eligible for an equity package, an annual performance bonus, and our competitive benefits that support you and your family as part of your total rewards package at Etsy. 

For this role, we are considering candidates based in the United States. Candidates living within commutable distance of Etsy’s Brooklyn Office Hub or in the San Francisco Bay Area may be the first to be considered. For candidates within commutable distance, Etsy requires in-office attendance once or twice
Per week depending on your proximity to the office. Etsy offers different work modes to meet the variety of needs and preferences of our team. Learn more details about our work modes and workplace safety policies here.

What’s this team like at Etsy?

The Privacy Engineering team is responsible for building systems and collaborating with other product and engineering teams to ensure user data is processed or accessed according to user expectations. As Etsy’s engineering systems become increasingly complex, our role in supporting user privacy alongside fast-moving business goals makes the work dynamic, challenging and rewarding.

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Review product or technical documentation and apply your privacy expertise to identify risks. When possible, provide guidance directly, otherwise confer internally to help craft a path forward.

• Build a network across the company to build trust, actively explore and establish domain expertise proactively.

• Find documentation opportunities, craft it, and test its usefulness with partner teams. We iterate with everything we do!

• Communicate progress on tracks of work, solicit feedback, and use that feedback to grow

• Contribute to hands-on software engineering efforts when able

• Of course, this is just a sample of the kinds of work this role will require! You should assume that your role will encompass other tasks, too, and that your job duties and responsibilities may change from time to time at Etsy's discretion, or otherwise applicable with local law

Qualities that will help you thrive in this role are:

We are looking for a thoughtful and collaborative privacy engineer to help advance our team’s mission to support user privacy and our company mission to Keep Commerce Human. We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single one of the listed criteria. We value the unique perspectives, skills, and experiences each candidate brings with them.

• Technical background, both hands-on-keyboard coding and systems design

• Understanding of privacy regulations, and how technical implementations map to them. Instincts for privacy tradeoffs, risks and harms.

• Familiarity and experience with privacy threat modeling, especially for production systems. 

• Experience with writing or reading PHP, Python, and/or any other language with the willingness to learn new ones as necessary as Etsy uses a diverse set.

• Experience with cloud infrastructure, especially Google Cloud Platform products will be very helpful

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to provide clear, meaningful, constructive feedback to peers to support their growth

Additional Information
 

What's Next
If you're interested in joining the team at Etsy, please share your resume with us and feel free to include a cover letter if you'd like. As we hope you've seen already, Etsy is a place that values individuality and variety. We don't want you to be like everyone else -- we want you to be like you! So tell us what you're all about.
 
Our Promise
At Etsy, we believe that a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace furthers relevance, resilience, and longevity. We encourage people from all backgrounds, ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. Etsy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the application or interview process, please let your recruiter know. While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.