Introduction to Role & Team

At Bumble, our mission is to create a world where all relationships are healthy and equitable. That starts with trust — and trust begins with how we protect people’s data. As part of our Privacy Legal team, you’ll help safeguard the experiences of millions of people by embedding thoughtful, responsible data practices into everything we build.

This role sits at the intersection of law, product, and operations, translating privacy requirements into practical, scalable solutions that empower teams across Bumble. You’ll contribute to a global privacy program that supports innovation while upholding our responsibility to members and communities.

You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, InfoSec, and Member Support to operationalize privacy-by-design and respond to evolving regulatory expectations. Along the way, you’ll role model Bumble values such as Respect and Curiosity — approaching complex challenges with care, accountability, and a drive to continuously improve how we work, including through the thoughtful use of AI.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate and support responses to personal data incidents, Independently leading low–medium risk incident responses end-to-end with minimal oversight and contributing to more complex investigations through structured triage, documentation, and draft materials

• Maintain accurate incident records and logs, ensuring clear documentation and follow-through across post-incident actions

• Contribute to the delivery and continuous improvement of incident response playbooks, templates, and workflows, helping teams understand their roles and obligations

• Support the execution of Bumble’s global privacy compliance programme, including GDPR, UK data protection law, and US privacy frameworks, translating requirements into operational practices

• Owning privacy frameworks (e.g. DPIA/ROPA standards) and driving cross-functional adoption

• Assist in maintaining and improving core GDPR artifacts such as Records of Processing Activities (ROPA), Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), and Legitimate Interest Assessments (LIAs), including quality reviews and coordination with business teams

• Acting as a go-to subject matter contributor for operational privacy processes and improvements

• Partner cross-functionally to support privacy-by-design efforts, including data flow mapping, documenting safeguards, and identifying risks for escalation

• Support preparation of draft responses to regulatory inquiries and data subject requests, coordinating inputs and tracking deadlines across stakeholders

• Use AI tools responsibly to support research, first-draft documentation, and process optimisation, applying human judgment to ensure accuracy, fairness, and compliance

About You

• Qualified attorney admitted to the bar and licensed in Texas.

• Experience in privacy, data protection, or compliance roles, ideally in a technology or consumer-focused environment

• Strong working knowledge of GDPR, UK GDPR, and US privacy laws, with curiosity for emerging global frameworks

• Hands-on experience supporting operational privacy activities such as incident response, DPIAs, LIAs, vendor assessments, or data mapping

• Ability to translate complex privacy concepts into clear, practical guidance, while knowing when to escalate to legal counsel

• Strong drafting and communication skills, with attention to detail across policies, playbooks, and stakeholder materials

• Comfortable collaborating across Product, Engineering, InfoSec, Marketing, Member Support, and People teams to deliver outcomes

• Demonstrates ownership, follows work through from insight to impact, and adapts with an agile mindset in a fast-moving environment

• Experience using AI tools to enhance research, drafting, and workflow efficiency, with a responsible and inclusive approach to data and outputs

Typically requires 2-4+ years of experience, though we welcome candidates with alternative backgrounds that demonstrate equivalent skills.

Benefits & Perks

• Insurance: Medical/dental/vision, 30-day eligibility. Bumble has multiple competitive offerings that will be available to you on the first of the month following date of hire.

• Unlimited PTO + 1 company-wide week off + Focus Fridays every week

• Fully paid life and long-term disability insurance

• 401k with 4% company match if you contribute 6%, 90-day eligibility

• Monthly wellness benefit and access to Noom, Unmind, and Your Money Line

• Maternity and Fertility benefit + 26 week paid parental leave

• Premium App Access

About Us

Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date) and friendship (BFF). BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products.

AI Fluency

AI is important to us. We’re excited by people who are curious and experimental, and who think thoughtfully about how AI can amplify their impact and outcomes.

We encourage you to use AI responsibly as you prepare your application. Please don’t use it to fabricate experiences or answer questions live in interviews. We care deeply about authenticity and want to understand your real skills, judgment and voice, because building a meaningful, genuine connection with you matters to us.

Final Compensation

Will be determined based on factors such as the selected candidate’s qualifications, relevant experience, skill set, and other job-related considerations.

Inclusion at Bumble Inc.

Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, color, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply. We're happy to make any reasonable adjustments that will help you feel more confident throughout the process, please don't hesitate to let us know how we can help.

In your application, please feel free to note which pronouns you use (For example: she/her, he/him, they/them, etc).

AI in Bumble Inc. Hiring

At Bumble, we may use AI tools to support parts of our recruitment process — such as helping us record, transcribe, and summarize conversations, and supporting job alignment by comparing resumes and job descriptions to highlight skills and potential roles that may be a good match. These tools help us work more efficiently and stay focused on you during our conversations. Importantly, all hiring decisions are made by people. AI is used only to support our team’s efficiency and improve the candidate experience — not to evaluate or decide on your candidacy. Participation in AI-supported interviews and conversations is completely voluntary and will not impact your candidacy. If you’d prefer to opt out, simply let your recruiter or interviewer know at the start of a call, or anytime during the interview or conversation. Summaries and related data are retained only as long as needed in line with our internal data retention policies. If at any point you’d like a transcription or summary deleted, please contact your recruiter directly.

Fraudulent Candidate Detection

Our applicant tracking system analyzes signals relating to device, IP, email, and phone data associated with each application to protect applicants and our hiring process from fraudulent applications. These signals provide indicators for internal review only and do not constitute a definitive determination of identity or intent. No applicant is rejected, advanced, or otherwise affected based solely on this analysis without human review

For further information on how we hold and manage your data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.