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.

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What’s the role?

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

The Privacy Engineering team is seeking a Senior Privacy Software Engineer II to help lead the team through design, implementation and collaboration with key team members as we work to make privacy the default in our complex engineering landscape. This position will require executing complex projects, using strong communication skills to work with engineers of different types as well as cross-functional stakeholders from different backgrounds and technical levels. The right candidate for this job will have experience with privacy infrastructure at scale, demonstrated systems design and implementation, and experience setting technical direction that is aligned with business goals.

This is a full-time position reporting to the Engineering Manager of the Privacy Engineering team. 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?

• Privacy Engineering is a multidisciplinary team that is situated alongside Security. The team is responsible for ensuring that Etsy product and engineering teams launch features that respect customer privacy and uphold our commitments to our customers.

• As both privacy practitioners and software engineers, we build privacy infrastructure that ensures Etsy is compliant with privacy regulations worldwide. We conduct Technical Privacy Reviews, build customer-facing privacy features, design privacy infrastructure and drive company-wide data governance initiatives.

• This team collaborates closely with privacy legal counsel and product engineering teams across Etsy.

What does the day-to-day look like?

• Architecting solutions for significantly complex, unscoped problems

• Able to lead the team through discovery, ideation, constructive debate, conclusion, landmarks, execution and long-term health monitoring

• Balanced portfolio of written and verbal communication, personal mentorship with peers, and code contributions. The balance will change as the work changes

• Cross-functional and cross-team collaboration. We are working to improve our privacy posture across Etsy systems and this requires significant investment in relationship-building and alignment

• Code, product and architecture reviews for teams looking for privacy sign-off or concerns 

• Participating in vendor evaluations for privacy tooling where valuable, and designing integration strategies and technical architecture when vendors are procured

• 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:

• Advanced technical skills, both hands-on-keyboard coding and systems design!

• Experience with PHP, Java or other object-oriented language (we use PHP primarily)

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

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

• Ability to convince, empower, and collaborate with team members

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

• Working knowledge of privacy principles like data minimization, privacy by design, data anonymization, etc

• Experience with cloud infrastructure, especially Google Cloud Platform products

• Experience working with and integrating third party tools

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 and is an affirmative action employer. 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. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the interview process, please let your recruiter know. While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.

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 and is an affirmative action employer. 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. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation during any part of the interview process, please let your recruiter know. While Etsy supports visa sponsorship, sponsorship opportunities may be limited to certain roles and skills.