Software Engineer - Privacy Engineering

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Palo Alto, CA
162K-297K Annually
Social Media • Software
We serve the public conversation. We believe real change starts with conversation.
The Role

Are you prepared to join the X team and help build the ultimate real-time information-sharing app, revolutionizing how people connect? At X, we’re on a mission to become the trusted global digital public square, committed to protecting freedom of speech and building the future unlimited interactivity. Our goal is to empower every user to freely create and share ideas, fostering open public discourse without barriers. Join us in shaping this thrilling journey where your contribution will be invaluable to our success!

  

Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering
Location: Palo Alto, CA, San Jose, CA, New York City
Salary Range: $162,000 - $297,000 + Equity

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Who We Are:

The Privacy Engineering team is chartered to build infrastructure, services and tools that enable seamless privacy implementation across X products, services, and platforms in the most efficient and productive fashion. The team works to ensure that X builds products and systems which respect users and keep our promises (and regulatory obligations). This team innovates the idea of privacy tooling and services anticipating current and future needs, providing our product engineers the ability to respect privacy while improving the X user experience.

What You Will Do: 

As a Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to design and build tools, infrastructure,  and frameworks to support the diverse needs of how we respect customer privacy. We place emphasis on becoming more efficient, reducing risk to the organization, and respectfully meeting our customer obligations. 

You should be comfortable in uncharted territory as we build privacy infrastructure, tooling, and auditing frameworks to drive user trust. You will enjoy pursuing novel, ambiguous problems, collaborating with a variety of diverse partners, and will bring a strong learning orientation.

Qualifications:

  • B.S. and/or M.S. in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience

  • 5+ years of professional experience

  • Knowledgeable about core CS concepts such as: common data structures and algorithms.

  • Have proficiency with at least one of the following languages: Scala, Java, and/or any JVM based language.

  • Have development experience with a solid foundation in backend and distributed systems.

Nice to have:  

  • Prior experience in building enterprise tools/ internal applications

  • Prior experience working for a consumer Internet company

  • SQL knowledge with working on databases such as MySQL, Vertica and PostgreSQL.

  • Experience with working on distributed systems like Hadoop and cloud technologies like GCP and AWS.

  • Experience working with teams distributed across geographies and functions.

  • Experience with on-call responsibilities.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
1,500 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

We serve the public conversation. We believe real change starts with conversation. That’s why it matters to us that people have a free and safe space to talk. We put people first. Be you, really. That’s how we build trust. Together we’re creating a culture that’s supportive, respectful, and a pretty cool vibe. Sure, we’re not perfect, we’re people. But we’re open and honest about who we are and what we do.

Why Work With Us

Life’s not about a job, it’s about purpose. We believe real change starts with conversation. Here, your voice matters. Come as you are and together we’ll do what’s right (not what’s easy) to serve the public conversation.

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