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If you are looking to play a part in making a positive impact in the world by advancing the revolutionary work of self-driving cars, join us.

About the role:

Privacy Engineering’s mission is to make Cruise the model for AV consumer privacy. We do so through privacy preserving products and services built on top of robust privacy enhancing infrastructure, policy, and clear communications.

We are seeking a Software Engineer to help build out our privacy stack. In this role, you will collaborate on maturing/expanding the scope of our data discovery tooling, identify risks associated with data mapped, propose/execute on mitigations for risks identified, and contribute to our next generation of privacy infrastructure.

This is first and foremost an engineering role for an individual with solid, practical, and modern software engineering experience. This role is a great fit for someone who has had some exposure to security and privacy, and is looking to make the transition into the privacy field full-time.

You should be comfortable in uncharted territory as we build unique privacy technologies and grow user trust. We need your skills and passion to make it happen. This role is eligible for remote work.

What you’ll be doing:

• Collaborating with Cruise’s Senior Privacy Engineer on maturing/expanding the scope for Cruise’s data discovery and data mapping tool.
• Developing and maintaining features across current-generation and next-generation Privacy infrastructure
• Participating in team’s planning, code reviews, and design discussions leading to continuous improvements in these areas.
• Creating, deploying, and analyzing our infrastructure through infrastructure-as-code tools, (e.g., Terraform).
• Investigating potential risks identified via data discovery/mapping tool, working independently to sample data, explore risks technically, engage data owners, and propose a path forward for managing the risk.

What you must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a quantitative field or equivalent practical experience. At least 2 years working experience in a related field.
• You are excited about data governance and to be on the cutting edge of data & privacy problems.
• You possess fundamental security knowledge, being able to threat modeling and architect for security.
• You have built performant, maintainable, scalable, and testable backend APIs using Python.
• You have the ability to roll up your sleeves and work throughout the privacy engineering stack, from frontend to infrastructure.
• You've operated and have an understanding of cloud infrastructure platforms, (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• You have significant experience with relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL) and an understanding of modern data warehousing (BigQuery et al).
• You have perseverance and negotiation skills with a track record of achieving good user outcomes.
• You have the ability to communicate and collaborate across subject areas (e.g. engineering, legal, policy).
• You have the ability to work in a growing organization while keeping focused on key goals and priorities.

Bonus Points!

• Familiarity with privacy laws, regulations, standards, and best practices such as CCPA, GDPR, and ISO 27701.
• Background in statistics, especially for risk modeling.
• Experience with technical approaches to managing privacy risk.

Why Cruise?

• Our benefits are here to support the whole you:
  • Competitive salary and benefits 
  • 401(k) Cruise matching program 
  • Medical / dental / vision, AD+D and Life
  • One Medical membership
  • Flexible vacation and company paid holidays
  • Healthy meals and snacks provided for non-remote employees
  • Paid parental leave
  • Fertility Benefits 
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, subsidized by Cruise
  • Flexible Spending Account 
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • Pre-tax Commuter Benefit Plan for non-remote employees

• We’re Integrated
  • Through our partnerships with General Motors and Honda, we are the only self-driving company with fully integrated manufacturing at scale.

• We’re Funded
  • GM, Honda, Microsoft, & T. Rowe Price, have invested billions in Cruise. Their backing for our technology demonstrates their confidence in our progress, team, and vision and makes us one of the leading autonomous vehicle organizations in the industry. Our deep resources greatly accelerate our operating speed.

• We’re Independent
  • We have our own governance, board of directors, equity, and investors. Our independence allows us to not just work on the edge of technology, but also define it.

• We’re Vested
  • You won’t just own your work here, you’ll have the potential to own equity in Cruise, too. We are competing in a market that is projected to grow exponentially, which gives our company valuation room to grow.

Cruise LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where contributions are valued and celebrated, and our employees thrive by being themselves and are inspired to do the best work of their lives. 

We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, or disability. Applicants will not be discriminated against based on these or other protected categories or social identities. Cruise will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable laws.

Cruise is committed to the full inclusion of all applicants. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know or email HR@getcruise.com.

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Vaccine Mandate. 

At Cruise, we’re tasked with leading in the communities we serve — and doing our part to help keep our communities and our teams safe. Our #StaySafe culture transcends and informs all we do, and because of this, as of October 31, 2021 Cruise will be mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all US-based Cruisers who need or want to access any of our US Cruise facilities and engage in any business travel — including attending any in-person Company-sponsored event. 

If you are unable to get a vaccine due to a medical condition, disability, or a strongly-held religious belief, Cruise will consider requests for an accommodation.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Cruise does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Furthermore, Cruise does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.