Privacy Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Connecticut.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and enhance online privacy technology platforms, which encompass access, asset onboarding, scans, rules, workflows, releases, and vendor support.

• Evaluate cookies, scripts, pixels, tags, applications, vendors, consent behaviors, and data transfers to identify potential privacy risks.

• Create data maps that illustrate what data is collected, the purpose of its use, its movement, who receives it, and the duration of retention.

• Examine platform findings, logs, inventories, tickets, and additional data to uncover trends, control gaps, affected assets, and possible exposures.

• Aid in incident response by analyzing technical evidence and identifying impacted systems, data, individuals, vendors, locations, and timeframes.

• Convert findings and legal requirements into actionable controls, corrective measures, and decision-ready reports.

• Verify implemented fixes and escalate significant risks.

• Collaborate with Privacy, Legal, Information Security, Engineering, Product, Marketing, Procurement, and other business stakeholders to integrate privacy into digital products and processes.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, cybersecurity, software engineering, data science, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

• A minimum of 5+ years in privacy engineering, security engineering, web engineering, platform administration, application security, data protection, or a related technical area.

• Practical experience with a privacy, security, consent, web governance, or digital monitoring platform.

• Familiarity with web and mobile technologies, including JavaScript, cookies, local storage, tags, pixels, APIs, and network requests.

• Proficient in utilizing technical tools and data sources to investigate data flows, map data, analyze incidents, and draw well-supported conclusions.

• Capability to transform legal, privacy, and information security requirements into effective technical controls and measurable outcomes.

• Exceptional communication and partnership skills, with the ability to articulate technical issues clearly to legal, business, and leadership audiences.

• If working remotely, a cable broadband or fiber optic internet connection with at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for an annual bonus plan.

• Comprehensive medical benefits.

• Vision benefits included.

• Dental benefits provided.

• Access to well-being and behavioral health programs.

• Participation in a 401(k) plan.

• Company-funded life insurance.

• Tuition reimbursement program available.

• A minimum of 18 days of paid time off each year.

• Paid holidays offered.

• Options for leaves of absence.

• Remote/work-at-home arrangements available.

• Requirement for cable broadband or fiber internet with at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload for remote work.