Job Description
The Washington Post is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Staff Engineer to join our Identity/First Party Data team. This critical role involves architecting innovative solutions that address business challenges and ensure regulatory compliance while simplifying complex systems. As a key technical leader, the Staff Engineer will mentor fellow engineers, drive innovation through collaboration and automation, and provide crucial guidance on first party data security and privacy compliance systems and processes, both within the Engineering team and across the broader organization.
The Identity team is integral to the Monetization engineering organization, which is focused on generating revenue through subscriptions and advertising. Deeply understanding our users through robust Identity management is fundamental to our business. This role includes providing technical leadership for our first party data security and privacy compliance. The position offers a unique opportunity to collaborate on diverse projects and initiatives that support The Washington Post's revenue generation while navigating complex privacy regulations and data security considerations. This role is vital in supporting the world-class journalism provided by The Post.
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Motivation:
- You have a strong sense of ownership and accountability, and you are dedicated to instilling these values in your fellow teammates.
- You are passionate about privacy and user data
- You have an opinionated view of system design and architecture
- You strive to write flexible and reusable code.
- You are eager to evolve and grow your personal skill set by learning and sharing knowledge about new software languages, tools, and applications.
- You love to collaborate to figure out solutions to the toughest problems.
- You have an aptitude to simplify and communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
- Build highly scalable, performant, secure, and fault tolerable cloud infrastructure and
- applications.
- Build reusable components, tools, and processes that are shared across teams and codebases for rapid development and scaling.
- Contribute to the development of technical documentation and design specifications for team members.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers, offering technical guidance and reviewing code to ensure quality.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, Newsroom, Legal, Customer Care and business stakeholders to manage and optimize project timelines, proactively identifying blockers and risks to ensure timely delivery.
- Proactively monitor privacy regulatory updates and maintain regular communication across the organization with other privacy stakeholders
- Support and foster a DevOps culture by empowering engineers to build, manage, and support existing infrastructure and databases.
- Write clear, maintainable code, following best practices in version control, code reviews, and testing.
- Actively contribute to the architecture and decision-making processes of large, complex projects.
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends, integrating innovative solutions when applicable.
Minimum Qualifications
- BA/BS in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years' experience with languages like Java, Python, and Node
- 3+ years' experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) such as S3, ECS, EC2, and CloudWatch, CloudFormation, IAM, Lambda, RDS, ElastiCache, OpenSearch, Cost Explorer, etc.
- Familiarity with DevOps best practices such as IAC, CI/CD, and automation.
- Experience with DevOps teams that own the full engineering lifecycle.
- Working knowledge of observability tools such as DataDog, Splunk, and Cloudwatch.
- Experience with monitoring the health of production applications in an on-call rotation.
- Demonstrated experience analyzing application and cloud environment performance.
- Experience working in a global business with customers in multiple time zones.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for collaboration with legal, product, and other stakeholders
- 10+ years' experience with languages like Java, Python, and Node
- 5+ years' experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) such as S3, ECS, EC2, and
- CloudWatch, CloudFormation, IAM, Lambda, RDS, ElastiCache, OpenSearch, Cost Explorer, etc.
- 7+ years' experience architecting and implementing scalable SaaS or Cloud based applications.
- 3+ years of engineering experience with a strong focus on data privacy, protection, or security
- AWS Solutions Architect certification
- Deep knowledge of privacy laws and frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA/CPRA
- Experience working with Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA) and/or Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
- Familiarity with data mapping, tagging and PII classifications
- Understanding of Jenkins and Shared Libraries
- Experience with disaster recovery plans and solutions
- Proficient with at least one front-end framework such as NextJS
- Proficient with at least one front-end library such as React
Compensation and Benefits
Wherever you are in your life or career, The Washington Post offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits for every step of your journey:
- Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage
- Company-paid pension and 401(k) match
- Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave
- Nine paid holidays and two personal days
- 20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent
- Robust mental health resources
- Backup care and caregiver concierge services
- Gender affirming services
- Pet insurance
- Free Post digital subscription
- Leadership and career development programs
The salary range for this position is:
131,500.00 - 219,100.00 USD Annual
The actual salary within this range will depend on individual skills, experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements. This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will discuss bonus payment terms and conditions during the interview process.
The Post strives to provide its readers with high-quality, trustworthy news and information while constantly innovating. That mission is best served by a diverse, multi-generational workforce with varied life experiences and perspectives. All cultures and backgrounds are welcomed.
The innovation doesn't end in the Newsroom - dozens of teams power The Washington Post. We are now hiring the next innovator - how will you Impact Tomorrow?
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