Security Engineer, Privacy

Ramp; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% medical, dental & vision coverage

401k with employer match

Flexible PTO

Fertility HRA

WFH stipend

Wellness stipend

Parental Leave

Relocation support

Pet insurance

Job summary

A financial operations platform in New York is looking for a founding Privacy Engineer to establish a privacy program that supports growth and builds customer trust. The role involves integrating privacy features into products, deploying secure solutions, and ensuring compliance with legal standards. Ideal candidates have several years of experience in software development, particularly in privacy, and are eager to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience building software.
• 2+ years of experience focused on platform, privacy, and/or security.
• Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Build privacy-focused application features and integrate them into existing products.
• Design and deploy secure solutions with other engineering teams.
• Implement data retention and anonymization strategies.

Skills

Building software

Privacy-centric design

Data retention strategies

Turning business ideas into engineering solutions

Tools

Python (Flask)

React

AWS

Job description

About Ramp

At Ramp, we’re rethinking how modern finance teams function in the age of AI. We believe AI isn’t just the next big wave. It’s the new foundation for how business gets done. We’re investing in that future — and in the people bold enough to build it.

Ramp is a financial operations platform designed to save companies time and money. Our all-in-one solution combines payments, corporate cards, vendor management, procurement, travel booking, and automated bookkeeping with built-in intelligence to maximize the impact of every dollar and hour spent. More than 45,000 businesses, from family-owned farms to e-commerce giants to space startups, have saved $10B and 27.5M hours with Ramp. Founded in 2019, Ramp powers the fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment platform in America, and enables over $100 billion in purchases each year.

Ramp’s investors include Thrive Capital, Sands Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Greylock, and Redpoint, as well as over 100 angel investors who were founders or executives of leading companies. The Ramp team comprises talented leaders from leading financial services and fintech companies—Stripe, affirm, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Capital One—as well as technology companies such as Meta, Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Dropbox, and Instacart.

Ramp has been named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list and LinkedIn’s Top U.S. Startups for more than 3 years, as well as the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, and TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies.

As Ramp’s founding Privacy engineer, you will build a privacy program that powers Ramp’s growth while earning trust from customers and prospects.

What You’ll Do

• Build privacy-focused application primitives and integrate them into our existing products
• Partner with other engineering teams to design and deploy solutions which are inherently privacy-centric and secure
• Improve, implement, and deploy data retention and anonymization strategies across our environment
• Track shifting legal standards (alongside with Ramp’s Privacy Counsel) and update Ramp systems and processes to match

What You Need

• Minimum of 4 years of experience building software
• Minimum of 2 years of experienced focused on platform, privacy, and/or security
• Desire to work in a fast-paced environment, continuously grow, and master your craft
• Ability to turn business and product ideas into engineering solutions

Nice-to-Haves

• Working knowledge of data-protection legal requirements
• Experience with Python (Flask), React, and AWS (ECS, as well as other core services)

Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)

• 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
  • Partially covered for your dependents
  • One Medical annual membership
• 401k (including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp)
• Flexible PTO
• Fertility HRA (up to $5,000 per year)
• WFH stipend to support your home office needs
• Wellness stipend
• Parental Leave
• Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)
• Pet insurance

Referral Instructions

If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.

Other notices

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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