Privacy Engineer: Architect of Trust & Data Protection

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target

Benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a Privacy Engineer in Mountain View, CA to embed privacy from the ground up and shape the technical privacy strategy for entire products. You will collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to understand critical decisions, anticipating privacy needs before blockers arise.

You will architect scalable guardrails that enable safe, innovative product development while protecting user data, and drive privacy initiatives across policy and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 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) and influencing stakeholders.
• 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.

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.

Skills

Privacy design experience

Stakeholder influence

Privacy technology usage

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Differential privacy

Access management

Job description

Google is seeking a Privacy Engineer in Mountain View, CA to embed privacy from the ground up and shape the technical privacy strategy for entire products. You will collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to understand critical decisions, anticipating privacy needs before blockers arise.

You will architect scalable guardrails that enable safe, innovative product development while protecting user data, and drive privacy initiatives across policy and engineering teams.