Senior Privacy Developer

Company Description

Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business. Since 2006, we’ve grown to over 10,000 employees and generated over $496 billion in sales for millions of merchants in 175 countries.

This is life-defining work that directly impacts people’s lives as much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few in the hands of the many, is a future with more voices rather than fewer, and is creating more choices instead of an elite option.

Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, complexity, ambiguity—and a little bit of chaos. We thrive on that and are comfortable being uncomfortable. That means Shopify is not the right place for everyone.

Before you apply, consider if you:

• Care deeply about what you do
• Excel by seeking professional and personal hypergrowth
• Are resilient and resourceful in face of ambiguity and thrive on (rather than endure) change
• Bring critical thought and opinion
• Embrace differences and disagreement to get s**t done and move forward
• Work digital-first for your daily work

Job Description

The Data Subject Request Technologies (DSRT) team is responsible for developing and maintaining systems that enable the efficient and effective processing of Data Subject Requests, a key component of privacy compliance.

Joining an established team, this role will be responsible for designing and building systems and solutions in coordination with technical and legal stakeholders to ensure Shopify is compliant with privacy regulations.

In this role, you will be:

• Understanding legal requirements around data subject requests in order to translate them into code and systems
• Developing and maintaining privacy tooling and systems at scale that prioritize privacy by design and data protection.
• Pairing with other developers, and providing feedback in pull requests
• Conducting investigations and resolving errors and bugs that pose risks to the privacy of personal data
• Working closely with stakeholders from various teams to ensure alignment on technical implementations that prioritize privacy
• Staying updated on privacy regulations, industry standards, and emerging technologies to continuously improve privacy practices

Qualifications

You are:

• A developer generalist who is comfortable with multiple languages at different levels. Ruby is our primary language, but we also write Javascript, Rust, and C.
• Someone with hands-on development with Ruby on Rails or any web framework
• Someone who has experience working in the world of Privacy engineering
• Comfortable with working anywhere in the stack (from right beside the OS all the way to the frontend)
• Able to identify problems and fix them at the appropriate place in the stack, including upstream open-source
• Keenly aware and empathetic of the developer experience, and motivated to help define improvements in our frameworks
• Experienced or interested in identifying and fixing performance bottlenecks

If you have the following, we really would like to hear from you:

• Prior knowledge or experience in privacy
• IAPP certifications such as CIPT
• A high level of front end development skills (the team currently is primarily back end)

Additional Information

We know that looking for a new role can be both exciting and time-consuming, and we truly appreciate your effort. We're looking forward to learning more about you and your interest in joining the team.