Senior Privacy Engineer, Gusto
$180-240k
Salary dependant on location. + Stock Equity
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
Be an early applicant
Automated payroll, benefits & HR platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$180-240k
Salary dependant on location. + Stock Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where work empowers a better life.
Role
Who you are
- Master’s or Doctorate degree in Computer Science, Privacy Engineering, or a related Privacy Compliance field
- Or Bachelors degree and 8-10 years of experience in Security Software Engineering or Privacy Software Engineering
- Minimum 4 years of experience in privacy engineering, focusing on strategic program development and leadership
- Deep understanding of privacy laws and regulations, with a proven track record in leading compliance initiatives. Direct knowledge and experience in this area is critical to translate compliance requirements to technical engineering specifications and solutions
- Strong software development skills and experience in designing technical privacy solutions, particularly in automation and data protection
- Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional projects
- Experience with privacy management platforms like OneTrust
Desirable
- IAPP Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) certification or equivalent
- Proficiency in Ruby on Rails, Python, and AWS infrastructure
- Experience with traditional and real-time data redaction, anonymization, pseudonymization, and encryption techniques
What the job involves
- As a Senior Privacy Engineer at Gusto, you will lead strategic privacy initiatives, ensuring that our systems and products comply with global privacy regulations while embedding privacy into our product and technological ecosystem
- Your expertise will guide the development and implementation of cutting-edge privacy solutions, focusing on automation, data protection, and compliance
- Our Privacy Engineering team, as part of Gusto’s Security organization, focuses on designing and implementing privacy-preserving product and internal solutions
- The Security team’s mission is to be the most trustworthy place for customer data, and Privacy Engineering provides the technical expertise to achieve that goal
- Members of the team are champions for user privacy
- We collaborate closely with legal and product engineering teams to translate legal requirements into engineering solutions and ensure our products meet the highest standards for privacy
- Strategic Leadership in Privacy Engineering: Lead the design and execution of advanced privacy solutions, ensuring alignment with global privacy laws such as HIPAA, GDPR and CCPA/CPRA
- Spearhead initiatives that embed privacy into product lifecycle and system architecture
- Technical Privacy Solutions Design: Innovate and develop privacy-centric features using techniques like anonymization, pseudonymization, and encryption
- Ensure these solutions are robust, scalable, and enhance data protection measures
- Automation and Efficiency Improvement: Lead automation projects for privacy rights request processing, data mapping, and orchestration of DSAR processes
- Work with engineering teams to streamline privacy operations, improving efficiency and compliance
- Risk Management and Compliance Oversight: Conduct comprehensive privacy-security assessments, identify vulnerabilities, and develop strategies to mitigate risks
- Ensure that privacy by design and default are integral to product development and data handling practices
- Cross-Functional and External Collaboration: Collaborate with internal teams (legal, compliance, engineering) and external partners to ensure alignment of business objectives with privacy requirements
- Lead initiatives to enhance consumer trust through privacy-conscious product design
Our take
For many small businesses, vital administrative tasks such as payroll, taxes, and benefits are manual tasks that take time and energy which many SMB owners don’t have. The three co-founders of Gusto – all coming from small business backgrounds – collaborated on a Fintech company that would handle employee payments, benefits administration, and compliance support specifically for small businesses.
The company may have started slowly, as the founders focused on nailing each individual aspect of Gusto’s operations, but has now skyrocketed to unicorn status with more than 200,000 customers and a multi-billion dollar valuation. In 2021, Gusto began acquiring other companies to strengthen its offering and its position in a competitive market, including two other fintech startups, Ardius and Symmetry.
Through its continued acquisitions and fundraising efforts, the company has carved out a strong position for itself in the space. Although Gusto has found itself impacted by the macroeconomic situation, through the significant effect it has had on its clientele, the company still appears positive for the future after raising funds in 2023 that will see it reach key profitability benchmarks. It continues to consolidate its platform, for example by integrating with OpenComp to grant its users access to the company's Compensation Intelligence Platform.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2022
$55m
SERIES E
Aug 2021
$175m
SERIES E
Total funding: $706.1m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus a variety of mental health resources
- Flexible vacation - Gusties are encouraged to take the time off they need to continue doing great work
- Fertility treatments, parental leave, pregnancy termination, caregiving, gender-affirming surgery, hormone treatments, transgender-inclusive services, and more
- If you work at one of our homebases, enjoy food, drinks, and good conversation — on us
- Celebrate 5 or 10 years at Gusto and take a month off to recharge
- Take advantage of internet, phone, commuter, and wellness stipends each month, along with a WFH stipend and cash for anniversaries
Company values
- Embody a service mindset - Never stop advocating for the needs of others
- Dream big, then make it real - Be ambitious. Show and do, rather than tell and talk
- Be proud of the how - Ensure deep integrity in everything you do
- Embrace an ownership mentality - Take initiative to leave things better than you found them
- Debate then commit - Share openly, question respectfully, and once a decision is made, commit fully
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Joshua Reeves
(CEO)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and went onto co-found Gusto in 2011.
Tomer London
(CPO)Has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford. Was a Researcher at Intel, and then interned at Bump Technologies. Co-founded Vizmo, a mobile self-service technologies company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
Edward Kim
(Head of Engineering)Studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford. Was Senior Project Engineer at Volkswagen of America Electronics Research Lab and then co-founded Picwing, a printed photos company, in 2008. Co-founded Gusto in 2011.
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