Senior Privacy Engineer/Architect, Linux Foundation
Open source hub for developers
Job no longer available
Open source hub for developers
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create new technology categories by identifying trends, accelerating the growth of nascent technologies, and removing barriers to adoption.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in either computer science, computer engineering, information systems, privacy engineering or equivalent experience; an advanced degree or CISSP, CISM or CIPT certification is a plus
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience working with multiple facets of a global corporate privacy program, at least 2 years of which with a high degree of independence
- Working knowledge of key global privacy legislation, including but not limited to GDPR and CCPA/CPRA
- CIPT certification
- Strong software development skills
- Experience and comfort in preparing and leading presentations and discussions in a business setting
- Experience with report/technical writing and management, capable of conducting data privacy compliance reviews and audits
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), ability to influence without authority
- Ability to balance risks in ambiguous and complex situations
- Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills, particularly in leading or contributing to global and multi-functional teams
- Highly motivated to contribute and grow within a complex area of emerging importance
- Experience or understanding of software applications, design tools and languages
- Understanding of design for software applications running on multiple platforms
- Understanding of testing, coding and debugging procedures
- Demonstrated working knowledge of software engineering fundamentals
- Competent in the interpretation of numeric data, an understanding of statistical principles
- Data literacy: finding and managing data, cleansing data, manipulating data
- Ability to perform operations on large datasets
What the job involves
- The Privacy Engineer/Architect is a project contributor and liaison with expertise in technical dimensions of data privacy and protection
- They will work closely with the Data Protection Office, data producers and analysts, product managers, and software engineers to implement privacy enhancing technologies tools, and incorporate privacy by design/default principles into various solutions
- Develop and implement solutions to ensure privacy policies are correctly implemented
- The implementations should advance compliance with legal forms of data use as well as support business use of data
- Work to align advanced technologies and Privacy by Design principles from the first stages of development and ensure that the data used meets established regulatory compliance needs
- Collaborate with data product development teams, creating new data uses that employ privacy features
- Interacting with internal privacy program managers, product development teams, and legal, compliance, governance, and data protection teams
- Analyze, design and program software enhancements for new data streams to develop technical solutions and systems to help mitigate privacy vulnerabilities and prevent potential future privacy risks
- Responsible for assisting with the management of the data privacy, data protection, data usability, performance, and the integrity of the privacy solution
- Using current programming language and technologies, creates a solid design, writes code, completes programming, and performs testing and debugging of applications, as well as completes documentation and procedures for installation and maintenance
- Using current programming language and technologies such as Java, JavaScript, Python, and HTML, creates solid design, writes code, completes programming, and performs testing and debugging of applications as well as completes documentation and procedures for installation and maintenance
- Prepares and maintains (or ensures maintenance of) data protection program documentation, including personal data records of processing, Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and data incident records and conducts periodic compliance assessments of these
- Interact with users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications to new or existing software
- Assists in the development and maintenance of policies, standards, playbooks and standard operating procedures that support global privacy and data protection program objectives
- Interface with other developers and architects in implementing big data solutions that enable the business to be data driven while protecting the data assets
- Interface with the usability team to ensure user-facing privacy controls are usable
- Use data anonymization, pseudonymization and encryption to develop systems that preserve and improve privacy protections
- Guide the development of new privacy products and features
- Identify areas of improvement in local practices relative to managing data privacy
- Performs regular privacy assessments of operational processes, identifying and mitigating risks across the company through effective tools, training, and guidance
- Communicate program progress, escalations, and issue analysis to key stakeholders
- Acts as key interface to data science and analytics communities both within and outside of the organization
Our take
The Linux Foundation powers decentralised innovation through its neutral, open-source hub for developers to code, manage, and scale open technology products and ecosystems. The company has a long-standing reputation as one of the most trusted sources on the market.
Utilised by a wide range of organisations, including some of the top enterprises in the world (such as Intel, Fujitsu, Microsoft, and Samsung), the company has over 17,000 organisations contributing to its hub, adding 51M+ lines of code each week.
The company also leads education programs, providing users with training & certification focused on area-specific technical competencies, called SkillCreds, to empower professionals to find new ways to stand out in the highly competitive technology landscape.
With a consistent and ever-growing portfolio of partnerships and innovative projects, along with its recently launched European division, The Linux Foundation is well-set to be a core contributor to open-source innovation around the globe for years to come.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Mar 2026
$12.5m
GRANT
Total funding: $12.5m
Company benefits
- 100% Paid Health Care for Families & Individuals
- Unlimited PTO
- 12 Fully Paid Weeks of Parental Care for Primary and Secondary Caregivers
- Full 401(k) Match (up to the government maximum)
- Virtual Workforce
- Stipend for Home Office Setup, Buying Computers, and Renting Co-Working Spaces
Company HQ
Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jim Zemlin
(CEO)Founder & former Director of Marketing at Corio. Previous VP of Marketing at Covalent.
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