Privacy Engineer, Ads Privacy

Google•Mountain View, CA

7h•$147,000 - $210,000

About The Position

As a Privacy Engineer, you will be a strategic partner who builds privacy into products from the ground up. You will move beyond individual feature reviews to define technical privacy strategy for entire products. You will collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to understand critical design and infrastructure decisions and anticipate privacy needs before they become blockers. You will design scalable systems and guardrails that allow the business to innovate efficiently while protecting user data. You will identify privacy risks and engineer solutions that enable teams to meet their goals safely and effectively. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. The listed U.S. compensation is $147,000–$210,000 USD, plus a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience designing solutions that maintain or enhance an organization's privacy posture by analyzing and assessing proposed engineering designs, such as product features and infrastructure systems, and influencing stakeholders.
2 years of experience applying privacy technologies, such as differential privacy and automated access management solutions, and customizing existing solutions and frameworks to meet organizational needs.

Nice To Haves

Experience balancing risks in ambiguous and complex situations with multiple stakeholders.
Experience managing multiple high-priority requests while determining resource allocation, such as time and prioritization, in a fast-paced, changing organization.
Experience in code maintenance and review in one or more general-purpose languages.
Experience with technical privacy issues, such as cookie management and encryption, and the software development lifecycle.
Knowledge of common regulatory frameworks, such as GDPR and CCPA, and the Ads or online commerce domain.

Responsibilities

Guide engineering teams during product development to ensure data collection and usage practices are transparent, protect user privacy, and mitigate risk.
Conduct technical and policy reviews to identify and escalate potential privacy concerns.
Lead and manage the proactive development of new privacy features and tools.
Contribute to product strategy, business strategy, public policy, and legal initiatives to address and mitigate privacy risks.
Respond to privacy incidents by collecting information on scope and root cause, and managing remediation.