Privacy Engineering Director

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