Staff Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity

Job summary

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering within the Product Integrity organization. You will help define the Privacy Engineering roadmap and scale services to ensure user privacy for vehicle owners and operators.

Join a cross-discipline team spanning embedded, cloud, and data engineers, collaborating with security and software partners to protect privacy across services and vehicles.

Qualifications

• 6 years of experience using modern programming languages to develop production quality software.
• Experience designing, developing, testing, deploying and maintaining large-scale distributed systems with high availability.
• Knowledge of cryptography, cloud-native development, privacy and security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Build, support, and maintain privacy-critical services.
• Set privacy standards and implement privacy best practices.
• Drive specification and implementation of new privacy services.
• Mitigate vulnerabilities by aligning with company goals.
• Implement privacy protections to comply with regulations.

Skills

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

Tools

Cloud platforms

Cryptography

Privacy technologies

Job description

About Us

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.

The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.

Role Summary

The Product Integrity organization develops and implements security protections in the vehicle and supporting infrastructure. We are involved in the full chain of security from defining the requirements, planning software and hardware security, developing, deploying, and maintaining security protections.

As a Staff Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering in Product Integrity, this person will help define the roadmap of our Privacy Engineering team while working to develop and scale services and infrastructure that are critical to ensuring the privacy of vehicle owners and operators. The engineer will be part of a cross discipline team that include embedded, cloud, and data engineers responsible for ensuring user privacy and compliance of both our services and vehicles. When performing these responsibilities, this engineer will work closely with security engineers across Product Integrity as well as with engineering partners from across the Software organization to ensure user privacy is protected.

Responsibilities

• Build, support, and maintain in-house privacy critical services.
• Help set privacy standards and demonstrate implementation of privacy best practices.
• Help drive specification and implementation of new and ongoing privacy services.
• Mitigate vulnerabilities found or reported by internal and external parties by aligning with company’s goals and objectives.
• Implement privacy/personal data protections to comply with regulations and industry standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar field, or equivalent experience.
• 6 years experience using modern programming languages such as go or python to develop production quality software.
• Experience working on the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of large-scale distributed systems with high availability.
• Working understanding of modern cryptography, cloud native development, privacy, and security best practices in software development.
• In depth knowledge of any of the following: privacy enhancing technologies, data classification, privacy by design principles.
• Extensive experience working cross functionally with heterogenous engineering teams to ensure the development of privacy critical services and policies.
• Experience driving projects with ambiguous requirements from planning through completion.

Total Rewards

Full-time positions include base salary, eligibility for an annual performance bonus, and eligibility for equity.

In addition to base salary, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies offers benefits tailored to the local market. For more information on the benefits available for full-time employees, check out our Global Benefits Site.

Equal Opportunity

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [e-mail].

Candidate Data Privacy

"Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies" may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes ("Candidate Personal Data"). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) record keeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies affiliates; and (iii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies’ service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.

If you provide a mobile telephone number as part of your application or during the recruitment process, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use that number to contact you via SMS text message for recruitment-related purposes, including scheduling, logistics, and status updates. Message and data rates may apply. You may opt out of SMS communications at any time by replying STOP to any text message you receive from us. Consent to receive SMS messages is not a condition of applying for or being considered for employment.

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