Manager, Privacy Engineering

Strong technical leadership and systems thinking, with the ability to set strategy, drive execution, and influence across teams.

building or scaling platforms, workflows, or control planes in privacy, security, infrastructure, or related domains.

Solid privacy engineering fluency, including data minimization, access boundaries, retention and deletion, and privacy validation.

Proficiency in, or a strong aptitude for, leveraging AI tools to streamline development, paired with the critical judgment to audit generated output for architectural integrity, performance bottlenecks, and security risks.

Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools to remain at the forefront of engineering trends and modern development practices.

translating legal, policy, or governance requirements into technical requirements and durable system behavior.

Strong judgment in reviewing complex systems and making tradeoffs across privacy, product velocity, reliability, and business impact.

Familiarity with areas such as data governance, identity and access management, cloud infrastructure, ML/AI systems, or security automation.

hiring, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineers and building strong cross-functional partnerships.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field

8+ years of post- bachelor’s security / privacy experience; or a Master’s degree in a technical field + 7+ years of post-grad security experience; or a PhD in a related technical field + 4 years of post-grad security experience

1 + year(s) of technical leadership or engineering management experience

Experience leading privacy platform, or privacy governance work in a consumer or large-scale technology environment.

building policy systems, automation, or validation frameworks that reduce manual review and improve consistency.

with AI-assisted workflows, policy codification, or automated decision-support systems in privacy, security, or trust and safety

Experience partnering with legal, compliance, audit, or risk teams to operationalize requirements through engineering controls.

Familiarity with privacy challenges in ads, ML systems, or agentic AI product surfaces.

improving engineering processes and increasing team leverage through reusable mechanisms rather than manual review alone.

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