Senior Privacy Engineer — Privacy by Design & Governance

OhioX, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 164,800 - 228,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual wellness allowance

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Upstart is seeking a Privacy Engineer II to build software and services that embed privacy controls into the core architecture of Upstart’s products. You will design and implement privacy‑enhancing technologies, data minimization patterns, and governance tooling across data pipelines and AI lending platforms.

Collaborate with Security, Legal, Compliance, Product, Data, ML, and Infrastructure to translate privacy requirements into practical specifications, support privacy reviews and data flow

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience building APIs, microservices, libraries, or backend services for data governance, privacy controls, or data platform capabilities.
• Experience with at least two privacy or security domains such as anonymization, pseudonymization, data retention, deletion, data lineage, access control, encryption, audit logging, or data minimization.
• Experience translating privacy, security, compliance, or data protection requirements into software systems or technical workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate privacy engineering services that support user control, data governance, anonymization, pseudonymization, retention, deletion, and auditability
• Implement privacy‑by‑design patterns and data minimization controls across Upstart’s products, services, data pipelines, and machine learning systems
• Build APIs, libraries, services, and developer tools that help engineering teams standardize privacy enforcement across the technology stack
• Partner with Security, Legal, Compliance, Product, Data, Machine Learning, and Infrastructure teams to translate privacy requirements into clear technical specifications
• Support privacy reviews, data flow assessments, and technical risk assessments for new products, data uses, and platform capabilities
• Improve the reliability, observability, and maintainability of privacy systems through testing, monitoring, documentation, and thoughtful technical design

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Scala

C++

Rust

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field

Job description

Upstart is seeking a Privacy Engineer II to build software and services that embed privacy controls into the core architecture of Upstart’s products. You will design and implement privacy‑enhancing technologies, data minimization patterns, and governance tooling across data pipelines and AI lending platforms.

Collaborate with Security, Legal, Compliance, Product, Data, ML, and Infrastructure to translate privacy requirements into practical specifications, support privacy reviews and data flow