# Senior Software Engineer, Privacy

**Company:** [Lyft](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lyft)
**Location:** Mexico City, Mexico
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, Java, Go, Ruby, Bash, SQL, Cypher, Pl/Sql, DynamoDB, Aurora, Redis, Databricks, Distributed Systems, Airflow, Spark
**Posted:** 2026-07-08

> Build and lead privacy-focused software systems, including data redaction pipelines, privacy-rights tooling, and data management platforms. The role requires 5–7 years of software engineering experience, distributed-systems expertise, strong programming and data-system skills, and cross-functional collaboration.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain systems that enhance privacy across the organization.
- Independently lead large projects from idea to execution.
- Advocate for user privacy throughout the organization, consult engineering teams throughout the software development lifecycle, and escalate potential privacy concerns.
- Write well-crafted, well-tested, readable, and maintainable code.
- Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality and distribute knowledge.
- Share knowledge through brown bags and tech talks, and champion appropriate technology and engineering best practices.
- Contribute to the development of controls and continuous testing, and design remediation and risk mitigation solutions.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to enable privacy by design in products, services, and business processes.
- Anticipate problems and proactively suggest architectural improvements.

## Requirements
- 5–7 years of software engineering experience.
- Proficiency in at least one general-purpose programming language, such as Python, Java, or Go.
- Experience with operational and analytical data systems, such as DynamoDB, Aurora, Redis, or Databricks.
- Scripting experience with Python, Ruby, or Bash.
- Proficiency in at least one query language, such as SQL, Cypher, MQL, or PL/SQL.
- Experience developing distributed systems.
- Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders, including Compliance, Legal, Product, and Infrastructure.
- Ability to learn and research new technologies rapidly, analyze systems for privacy impact, and build scalable solutions.
- Ability to write thorough, scalable, and clear design documentation.
- Ability to own and manage high-priority projects and multiple tasks.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong focus on documentation and collaboration.
- Experience mentoring junior engineers through code reviews and project task breakdown, scoping, and sequencing.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools responsibly, such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or AI agents, or experience building privacy-aware AI/ML systems.
- Experience working through ambiguity and developing deployable solutions to complex problems.

## Preferred Qualifications
- 2–3 years of experience working with privacy or security services.
- Experience with ETL tools such as Airflow, Spark, or Jupyter Notebooks.
- Familiarity with CCPA, GDPR, and other privacy regulations.
- Experience with automation and creating tools for distributed systems.

## Additional Information
- Submit your resume in English.

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