Staff Privacy Engineer

Reddit, Inc.

full-time

Posted on: 9/12/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $167,500 - $232,500 per year

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About the role

Design, build, and implement effective technical solutions that enable privacy and data protection by design and by default
Translate privacy rules and policies into robust, scalable, reusable solutions that protect user privacy while enabling safe, transparent use of data
Deep dive and become an expert in a complex and heterogeneous codebase and cloud infrastructure to find and harden all data stores and microservices that process personal data
Be the technical expert for the product and engineering organization that ensures compliance in data protection, governance, and lifecycle management
Integrate privacy by design into the software development lifecycle including system requirements collection, infrastructure, architecture, design, development, and testing
Develop solutions for data mapping, governance, classification, and protection
Leverage knowledge of probability and statistics to build solutions that protect user privacy and mitigate re-identification risk to enable compliant and safe use of user data for analytics, machine learning, and product development

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, information systems, or a similar STEM field or equivalent experience
8+ years of hands-on experience in working with engineering organizations who can do code review, understand the architecture and micro services
Deep knowledge of large scale cloud analytics and storage technologies and SDLC best practices
Comfortable navigating unfamiliar tech stacks and working with new languages and technologies
Experience in conducting data privacy compliance reviews and audits
Experience with data privacy requirements stemming from regulatory and legislative mandates including CCPA, GDPR, and state data breach notification laws
Ability to analyze and assess data privacy control capabilities and provide remediation recommendations
Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
Ability to learn and research new technologies and standards rapidly, assess them for privacy exposures, and drive changes to enhance privacy
Strong interpersonal, consultative, consensus builder, and issue resolution skills
Proven verbal and written communication skills
Have the ability to develop Privacy Awareness and communications at all levels within Reddit.
Ability to review, analyze and organize documentary and factual evidence