Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Platform)

1 Week ago • 5 Years +

About the job

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At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock human performance. WHOOP empowers people to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives. We handle massive amounts of data continuously streaming up to the cloud collected from the world’s greatest sports teams and athletes mandating a fault-tolerant and highly available product. With such sensitive data we carry an immense responsibility to securely manage our members’ data.

The Platform team is responsible for the underlying infrastructure that runs all things WHOOP. Our work is at the center of privacy, security, cloud excellence, developer experience and product. This role will be focused on Data Governance at WHOOP and upholding our Privacy Principles at a technical level.

This position is part of the Cybersecurity team within Platform and reports to the Group Lead of Platform.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Data Rights Automation: development internal tools/services, procedures and automations to fulfill Data Rights compliances such as GDPR and CCPA.
Privacy and Security reviews: perform manual design and implementation reviews of products and services at WHOOP.
Developer Guidance: Enable our developers across the company to proactively address Data Rights concerns and engineering challenges.
Work in a cross functional team that works closely with multiple teams including, Software, Product, InfoSec, GRC, IT and Legal
Manage and improve Transcend system that governs our compliance with data privacy regulations

QUALIFICATIONS:

5 years of proven and extensive Software Engineering experience developing and maintaining scalable, cloud-native software solutions
1 year of experience in data privacy and/or information security - we are open to a diverse set of backgrounds
Proven and extensive experience in building RESTful APIs and background workers in Java, C#, go or rust
Hands-on experience working in a GDPR compliant environment or similarly regulated environment
Hands-on experience with relational databases (Postgres or similar)

Find out more about us: "WHOOP Software Principles"

This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.

Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.

WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.