Privacy Engineering Director
Lead privacy engineering initiatives across private browsing, search, and agentic products. Own complex privacy projects from definition to delivery, evolve review processes, and grow privacy engineering talent.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own high-complexity privacy projects from definition to delivery across private browsing, private search, and agentic computing products
- Lead critical privacy initiatives using deep expertise in privacy engineering, audit frameworks, and cross-functional collaboration
- Evolve privacy triage and review processes and build automation that reduces engineering toil
- Grow the next generation of privacy engineers
- Contribute significantly to privacy strategy across the company
Requirements
- 10+ years experience leading privacy reviews, audits, or technical privacy programs at a consumer-facing product company with a large (1M+) user base
- 4+ years privacy engineering leadership experience building infrastructure tools, data minimization systems, or equivalent privacy-preserving technical solutions
- Director, Head of, or VP-level experience with direct management and hiring responsibilities and meaningful technical scope
- Proven ability to DRI high-complexity, cross-functional projects with minimal direction
- Strong communication skills with a track record of translating privacy principles into practical engineering decisions across competing stakeholder needs
- Experience improving organizational processes — identifying bottlenecks, implementing automation, and building scalable review systems
- Passion for privacy and raising the standard of trust online
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience building a privacy engineering framework for agentic browsing products
- Experience designing technical solutions to enable private search index capabilities while preserving strict privacy guarantees at scale
Compensation & Benefits
- $243,800 USD annually and stock options
- Compensation is identical within professional levels, regardless of geographic location or team
- Company-sponsored health benefits limited to team members based in the United States
- Paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances
Skills
Privacy Engineering, Privacy Reviews, Privacy Audits, Data Minimization, Privacy-Preserving Technical Solutions, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Process Automation, Privacy Strategy, Infrastructure Tools, Audit Frameworks
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