What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Security Engineer position at Rover.com?
Who we are:
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We believe everyone deserves the unconditional love of a pet—and at Rover, our mission is to make it easier to experience that love. Founded in 2011, the Rover app and website connect dog and cat parents with loving pet sitters and dog walkers in neighborhoods across the US, Canada, and Europe. We empower our community of trusted pet sitters and dog walkers to run their own pet care businesses on Rover with the tools and security of a global company to back them.
Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, we work closely with our teams in Barcelona, San Antonio, Spokane, and remote locations. We’ve got a reputation for being a great place to work, having been named among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Seattle Business Magazine and Washington’s Best Workplaces in the Puget Sound Business Journal. We're an agile, fast-growing company, and our leadership comes from some of the world's most respected tech companies.
At Rover, our furry coworkers are just as important as our human ones—and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Along with making the joys of pet parenthood more accessible, we’re committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community of pet people—and that starts with our employees.
Who we're looking for:
We're looking for a Data Security Engineer to join our Cyber Security team. You'll primarily be responsible for implementing and managing the data security program, monitoring data workflows, and implementing solutions to meet compliance regulations. Ideally, you'll also have experience with privacy management platforms, privacy regulations, and data protection processes.
You'll succeed in this role if you have a keen eye for detail, strong organizational skills, and a passion for data security and privacy, enabling you to navigate complex data workflows and support cross-functional teams in maintaining robust data privacy practices.
Your Responsibilities:
We are committed to work with you to look for reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Want to make an impact? Join our pack and come work (and play!) with us.
We believe everyone deserves the unconditional love of a pet—and at Rover, our mission is to make it easier to experience that love. Founded in 2011, the Rover app and website connect dog and cat parents with loving pet sitters and dog walkers in neighborhoods across the US, Canada, and Europe. We empower our community of trusted pet sitters and dog walkers to run their own pet care businesses on Rover with the tools and security of a global company to back them.
Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, we work closely with our teams in Barcelona, San Antonio, Spokane, and remote locations. We’ve got a reputation for being a great place to work, having been named among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Seattle Business Magazine and Washington’s Best Workplaces in the Puget Sound Business Journal. We're an agile, fast-growing company, and our leadership comes from some of the world's most respected tech companies.
At Rover, our furry coworkers are just as important as our human ones—and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Along with making the joys of pet parenthood more accessible, we’re committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community of pet people—and that starts with our employees.
Who we're looking for:
We're looking for a Data Security Engineer to join our Cyber Security team. You'll primarily be responsible for implementing and managing the data security program, monitoring data workflows, and implementing solutions to meet compliance regulations. Ideally, you'll also have experience with privacy management platforms, privacy regulations, and data protection processes.
You'll succeed in this role if you have a keen eye for detail, strong organizational skills, and a passion for data security and privacy, enabling you to navigate complex data workflows and support cross-functional teams in maintaining robust data privacy practices.
Your Responsibilities:
- Serve as the subject matter expert for the Data Security Engineering program at Rover and Rover companies
- Provide expertise and guidance to internal stakeholders on privacy best practices
- Primary administrator of the Ketch platform and ensure configuration to best practices
- Monitor and fix vulnerabilities in our underlying Data infrastructure
- Work with our data platform team to engineer best practices when it comes to encryption, sanitization, and monitoring
- Collaborate with external vendors and consultants as needed to support privacy due diligence and assessments of third parties
- Support efforts to maintain documentation related to data protection, including records of data processing activities, data breach notifications, and training records
- Partner with Legal and compliance to ensure we are meeting business goals
- Support incident response activities, including documentation, investigation, and remediation
- Implement encryption strategies for data at rest and in transit using AWS services such as KMS, S3, RDS, and others
- Develop and deploy secure AWS architectures that ensure data privacy and compliance with relevant regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA)
- Automate data subject requests, including access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objections to processing
- Develop data loss protection technical controls across our application, corporate environment and code base
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related field
- Experience with data mapping, automating data deletion workflows, and managing privacy management software (Ketch or equivalent)
- 3 years of experience in data privacy, security engineering, or a related role with a focus on AWS environments
- Proven experience with AWS security services, tools, and best practices
- Strong understanding of data privacy regulations and compliance requirements
- Privacy certifications such as CIPP (preferably CIPP-US and/or CIPP-E), CIPM, or CIPT
- Security Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, OSCP
- Experience using Ketch
- Familiarity with privacy incident response processes
- Knowledge of data governance and information security
- Competitive compensation
- 401k
- Company equity
- Flexible PTO
- Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Bring your dog to work (and unlimited puppy time)
- Doggy benefits, including $1000 toward adopting your first dog
- Stocked fridges, coffee, soda, and lots of treats (for humans and dogs) and free catered lunches semi-monthly
- Regular team activities performed in-person and virtually
- In the greater Seattle area the first year salary range is $118,476 - $152,686. Additionally, Rover offers a long-term incentive plan with a company performance-based cash payout and benefits to full-time employees.
- The cash compensation offered for this role will be dependent on the candidate's experience, qualifications, skills and abilities as demonstrated in the interview and hiring process
We are committed to work with you to look for reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Salary : $118,476 - $152,686