Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Staff Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering
$190K–$260K
Irvine, California · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted May 15, 2026
- Experience
- 6 years of experience using modern programming languages such as go or python; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Develops and scales privacy-critical services and infrastructure to protect vehicle owners’ and operators’ data and support privacy compliance across services and vehicles.
What you'll do
- Build, support, and maintain in-house privacy-critical services and help specify and implement new ones.
- Help define privacy standards and apply privacy best practices and protections to meet regulations and industry standards.
- Mitigate reported vulnerabilities and help shape the Privacy Engineering team roadmap.
What they ask for
- 6 years of experience developing production-quality software with modern programming languages such as go or python.
- Experience designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining highly available large-scale distributed systems.
- Working understanding of modern cryptography, cloud native development, privacy, and security best practices.
- In-depth knowledge of privacy enhancing technologies, data classification, or privacy by design principles.
Pay
$190,000 – $260,250 (base salary)
Tools
go, python
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative