Growth Architect, Privacy Engineer

Google; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target (15%)

Benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a Privacy Engineer within the Global Business Strategy and Operations team to own privacy design for complex initiatives and partner with senior leadership on technical roadmaps.

You will lead privacy-focused solutions across multi-workstream projects, balancing innovation with user trust and regulatory requirements.

Individual pay is determined by skills, experience, and education, with a strong emphasis on privacy technologies and scalable data practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in a privacy related field (e.g., security engineering, data engineering, data scientist, compliance engineering etc.).
• 1 year of experience designing solutions for technological problems that maintain the privacy posture of the organization, leading teams across multiple workstreams.
• 1 year of experience leading the application of privacy technologies (e.g., differential privacy, automated access management solutions, etc.) to solve technical and data management problems.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of privacy outcomes for workgroups and technically challenging problems with a year-long time horizon.
• Work alongside engineering and product teams to architect, design, and implement sophisticated technical solutions that promote user agency while ensuring financial and technical feasibility.
• Act as a trusted authority to resolve high-impact policy/product conflicts, finding innovative technical paths that mitigate risk while enabling new product features and business scale.
• Lead cross-functional groups to improve privacy respectfulness and represent the team’s posture in broader Product Area-level discussions and escalations.
• Utilize comprehensive knowledge of near-future privacy principles and technical reforms to provide mentorship to adjacent engineers and foster consistency across the organization.

Skills

Privacy engineering

Data privacy

Leadership across teams

AI privacy

Model privacy

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Google is seeking a Privacy Engineer within the Global Business Strategy and Operations team to own privacy design for complex initiatives and partner with senior leadership on technical roadmaps.

You will lead privacy-focused solutions across multi-workstream projects, balancing innovation with user trust and regulatory requirements.

Individual pay is determined by skills, experience, and education, with a strong emphasis on privacy technologies and scalable data practices.