Data Privacy Engineer

Ibotta is looking for a Data Privacy Engineer to join our innovative team and contribute to our mission to Make Every Purchase Rewarding. Reporting to the Data Privacy Manager within Ibotta’s Risk Management team, the Privacy Engineer will help design and implement solutions to automate Ibotta’s privacy compliance obligations [such as data discovery and classification, data subject access rights (DSARs), data mapping and lifecycle management, among other privacy-by-design practices]. This individual will also provide reporting and analytics in support of Ibotta’s privacy program, and will work cross-functionally to identify and help mitigate potential privacy risks. Additionally, as a Data Privacy Engineer, you will have the unique, challenging, and rewarding opportunity to have a material impact on the company’s operations. By doing this, not only will you be able to advance your technical skills, but your organizational and leadership skills as well by contributing to the creation of best practices for the team and company.

This position is located in Denver, Colorado as a hybrid position requiring 3 days in office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). Candidates must live in the United States.

What you will be doing:

• Analyze large and novel datasets to extract actionable insights to inform business decisions and understand consumer behavior

• Provide customized views of large and complex datasets to support data analysis and business decision-making

• Contribute to creating best practices for the team

• Analyze, design, program, debug, document, and maintain software enhancements and integrations to Ibotta-built and third party technologies in support of Ibotta’s DSAR, data mapping, data lifecycle, and other risk management and privacy-by-design efforts 

• Support the implementation and maintenance of privacy-by-design practices

• Prepare privacy training, communication and awareness materials. Train internal teams on applicable privacy materials and initiatives

• Help automate and manage Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) and Legitimate Interest Assessments

• Work with internal teams on documenting and maintaining a personal data inventory and Ibotta’s registry of processing activities 

• Monitor internal compliance against privacy policies and standards by conducting internal audits;

• Identify potential areas of privacy risk and compliance vulnerability; develop/implement corrective action plans for resolution of problematic issues, and provide general guidance on how to avoid and remediate similar situations in the future;

• Provide assistance to external and/or internal auditors in compliance review

• Assist with response to suspected privacy incidents and breaches 

• Perform ad-hoc analysis to generate new privacy insights, and key metrics

• Embrace and uphold Ibotta’s Core Values of Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency, & A good idea can come from anywhere

What we are looking for:

• 2-3+ experience in a Software as a Service (SaaS) organization

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics or a related field required

• Familiarity with Amazon’s AWS infrastructure, cloud analytics, and SDLC best practices

• Experience with ruby, php, python, java and/or modern data analysis tools (sql, r, splunk); and ability to fetch and transform large-scale datasets using a language like SQL or python for analyses

• Ability to build concise and compelling data visualizations with modern data visualization tools (Looker, Mode, Tableau, Imply, etc.) preferred 

• Basic knowledge of US and International data protection regulations and privacy frameworks (e.g. OECD, US-EU Privacy Shield, PIPEDA, ePrivacy directive, and GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and other state privacy regulations)

• High standards, impeccable integrity, unquestionable good judgment

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, able to convey complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Adapt to rapidly changing business processes and work efficiently under tight deadlines

• Basic inferential statistics knowledge (for example: estimating a population mean from its sample, power analysis, basic knowledge of statistical tests to compare groups) preferred but not required

• Experience partnering with a cross-functional group of engineers, operations, product, and leadership teams to achieve a common goal

• Curiosity and the commitment to continually ask questions of our data and business

• Ability to translate ambiguous business questions into structured data problems

About Ibotta ("I bought a...")

Ibotta (NYSE: IBTA) is a leading performance marketing platform allowing brands to deliver digital promotions to over 200 million consumers through a network of publishers called the Ibotta Performance Network (IPN). The IPN allows marketers to influence what people buy, and where and how often they shop – all while paying only when their campaigns directly result in a sale. American shoppers have earned over $1.8 billion through the IPN since 2012. The largest tech IPO in history to come out of Colorado, Ibotta is headquartered in Denver, and is continually listed as a top place to work by The Denver Post and Inc. Magazine.

To learn more about what our Tech teams are doing day to day, visit Building Ibotta on Medium.com.

Additional Details:

• This position is located in Denver, CO and includes competitive pay, flexible time off, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), Lifestyle Spending Account, Employee Stock Purchase Program, and 401k match. Denver office perks include paid parking, bagel Thursdays, snacks and occasional meals.  

• Base compensation range: $90,000 - $120,000. Equity is included in overall compensation package. This compensation range is specific to the United States labor market and may be adjusted based on actual experience.

• Ibotta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ibotta’s employment decisions are made without regard of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

• Applicants are accepted until the position is filled.

• For the security of our employees and the business, all employees are responsible for the secure handling of data in accordance with our security policies, identifying and reporting phishing attempts, as well as reporting security incidents to the proper channels.

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