Staff Privacy Engineer — Build Privacy Systems (Remote)

Hidden Jobs; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Hidden Jobs is seeking a senior privacy engineer to design and implement privacy-preserving systems across products and data infrastructure. This role involves mentoring engineers and shaping long-term privacy architecture.

Remote-friendly with hubs in San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City; travel may be required. Strong candidate has staff-level software experience, deep privacy-tech knowledge, and proven cross-team delivery.

Qualifications

• Extensive software engineering experience with staff-level impact.
• Deep knowledge of privacy-enhancing technologies and data protection.
• Strong systems/programming skills in languages used for infrastructure.
• Proven ability to lead complex cross-team initiatives.
• Excellent written communication for documenting sensitive designs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement privacy-preserving systems across products, services, and data infrastructure.
• Lead technical reviews to identify privacy risks in new features, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Build tooling that supports data minimization, anonymization, and access controls.
• Partner with security, legal, and policy teams to translate regulatory requirements into engineering solutions.
• Mentor engineers across the organization and shape long-term privacy architecture.

Skills

Staff-level impact

Privacy technologies

Systems programming

Cross-team leadership

Technical writing

Job description

Hidden Jobs is seeking a senior privacy engineer to design and implement privacy-preserving systems across products and data infrastructure. This role involves mentoring engineers and shaping long-term privacy architecture.

Remote-friendly with hubs in San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City; travel may be required. Strong candidate has staff-level software experience, deep privacy-tech knowledge, and proven cross-team delivery.