Privacy Engineer III, Google Ads

Google • Mountain View, CA

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About The Position

The Ads Privacy team is tasked with making sure that the ads business continues to operate smoothly and sustainably by putting user privacy first. Our team provides infrastructure for accessing user data safely and to confirm auditability. In this role, you will review every launch to ensure we keep our promise to user privacy and to help uphold requirements related to overarching regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). You will design ads products and services in a privacy by design, privacy by default manner.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience working in a privacy related field (e.g., security engineering, data engineering, compliance engineering etc.).
• 2 years of experience designing solutions that maintain or enhance the privacy posture of the organization by analyzing and assessing proposed engineering designs (e.g., product features, infrastructure systems).
• 2 years of experience applying privacy technologies (e.g., differential privacy, automated access management solutions, etc.), and customizing existing solutions and frameworks to meet organizational needs.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with common regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and working with regulators or regulatory authorities.
• Experience with the software development lifecycle.
• Experience in machine learning and generative AI privacy.
• Knowledge of the ads or online commerce domain.
• Understanding of technical privacy issues (cookie management, encryption).

Responsibilities

• Guide engineering teams during product development to ensure that their data collection and usage practices are transparent, protect user privacy, and mitigate risk. Play a critical role in Google’s product design process and launch cycle.
• Conduct technical and policy reviews to identify and escalate potential privacy concerns.
• Lead and manage proactive development of new privacy features and tools.
• Respond to privacy incidents if they occur, including collecting information on scope and root cause as well as managing remediation.
• Work with cross functional teams within Google on privacy engineering activities related to privacy, security, data protection, and data storage. Produce artifacts to guide and train others on ads privacy best practices.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level