Staff Software Engineer – Identity and Privacy
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full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • United States
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About the role
- Build and maintain privacy-first, distributed data systems and consent management systems that comply with consumer privacy regulations.
- Design and operate high-throughput, event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, streaming systems) for collection, processing, and distribution of first-party data.
- Contribute to authentication and identity systems, including user lifecycle management, access controls, and multi-factor authentication.
- Architect and scale asynchronous data pipelines and event processing systems for real-time and batch use cases.
- Partner with marketing and growth teams to enable privacy-compliant advertising, CRM, and analytics workflows.
- Implement privacy-preserving techniques (e.g., anonymization, tokenization, minimization) and ensure compliant data flows to third-party platforms.
- Collaborate with security and legal teams to enforce data governance, retention, and compliance policies.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience (2+ years at Staff or above level) with a focus on distributed systems, data infrastructure, privacy, or security.
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience building scalable, production-grade systems.
- Deep experience with distributed systems, including streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka), event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing.
- Experience designing and operating data pipelines, eventing systems, and first-party data platforms.
- Familiarity with authentication and identity systems (e.g., OAuth, session management, MFA, user lifecycle management).
- Experience using agentic coding tools to improve development velocity, reduce workflow friction, automate repetitive tasks, and increase system visibility—while maintaining strong engineering judgment and ownership of outcomes.
- Experience in regulated environments and strong ownership in driving complex, cross-functional technical initiatives.
Benefits
- Full medical, dental, and vision insurance + OneMedical membership
- Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA
- 401(k) with company match
- Flexible PTO
- Wellbeing + Learning & Growth reimbursements
- Paid parental leave + Fertility benefits
- Pet insurance
- Student loan refinancing
- Virtual resources for mindfulness, counseling, and fitness
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Pythondistributed systemsevent-driven architectureKafkadata pipelinesasynchronous processingauthentication systemsidentity managementmulti-factor authenticationprivacy-preserving techniques
Soft Skills
strong ownershipcollaborationcommunicationengineering judgmentcross-functional initiative management