Senior Privacy Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead complex projects across key company-wide objectives on the Privacy Functional Team
• Protect user privacy using Go, Node.js, Python, and Perl to write pragmatic, performant, testable code
• Design systems for improving search indexes and AI features without compromising user privacy
• Build new features on top of Tracker Radar crawler to detect emerging privacy threats
• Implement new privacy features and maintain existing ones (Web Tracking Protection, Email Protections)
• Own major components of privacy technology, taking responsibility for maintenance and improvement
• Participate in privacy review and audit processes to ensure product developments align with privacy principles
• Mentor other engineers and support career growth of the Privacy Team

Requirements

• Ability to lead and collaborate on high-impact and complex projects from proposal through post-mortem
• Skills to wrangle vague problems, propose innovative solutions, and execute them effectively
• Experience working on privacy solutions in an engineering capacity (e.g., tracker blocker, differential privacy, or similar technology)
• Deep technical understanding of online privacy threats and the existing solution space
• Proficiency in any of the following: Go, Node.js, Python, Perl
• Excellent communication skills; ability to validate decisions and communicate clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

Nice-to-Haves

• Formal mentoring experience

Compensation & Benefits

• $178,500 USD annually and stock options
• Compensation identical within professional levels regardless of geographic location
• Paid parental leave, office setup, and co-working allowances