Global Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Legal Counsel, PingCAP

• 5+ years of industry experience in data privacy for SaaS, cloud platforms with preference for the database, open source markets
• Successful completion of the U.S. bar exam with verified credentials is required
• Adherence to security compliance standards is mandatory
• Experience having created and implemented relevant data compliance policies on an end to end scope
• A natural cross functional leader with the ability to collaborate seamlessly across R&D and Product teams, as well as diverse, functional teams within the NA/EMEA/APAC regions
• Knowledge in security technologies and well-versed in legal requirements and regulations related to data privacy and security in the NA and EMEA regions
• Demonstrate proactivity in discerning underlying questions within requirements, collaborate with cross-functional teams to guarantee prompt and coordinated responses

• Supporting global data privacy and security compliance issues of PingCAP
• Responsible for global compliance certification and internal audits, including evidence collection, status updates, and information synchronization
• Processing data agreements (intra-company data processing agreements) between different subsidiaries under PingCAP's global legal entity structure
• Overseeing the compliance of data processing operations involved in TiDB Cloud function iteration and TiDB Cloud services, and identifying compliance risks, carrying out compliance rectification, communicating suggested compliance practices with the product side and implementation
• Monitoring privacy policy on PingCAP official website and other media, Trust Center and content updates, including blogs and white-papers, TiDB Cloud DPA updates, CSA and other legal documents related to data compliance
• Assist frontline colleagues to deal with customer-side data compliance issues
• Participating in negotiations with customers on DPA, Security Addendum and other contract and attachment terms
• Internal training and information syncs within the company, including global data legal updates, assessing the impact on business
• Updating the company's internal Knowledge Base and providing FAQs to frontline business colleagues
• Monitoring laws and regulations related to cloud service and software security compliance in major markets
• Working with the Product team to improve the product vulnerability reporting mechanism, and providing customers with code security reports
• Improving the data compliance practices of the internal information system
• Creating and implementing relevant data compliance policies
• Managing global employee personal information compliance
• Coordinating with data compliance regulatory agencies to ensure data compliance of PingCAP in global operations, to avoid violations and related risks and consequences

• Competitive Compensation and Stock Options
• Health & Wellness
• Generous Company Holidays and Paid Time Off
• Fun Team Building Activities and Awesome Swags
• Remote Friendly Distributed Workforce
• Tailored Growth Path with Mentorship

Total funding: $341.6m

Frustrations with the available database solutions are what inspired PingCAP. When three infrastructure engineers got together, their aim was to eliminate the issues with management, scalability and maintenance of databases by creating their own open source distributed database.