Staff+ Software Engineer, Privacy

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

Role overview

A senior individual contributor role focused on privacy engineering within a software organization. The position centers on designing and implementing technical safeguards that protect user information across products and infrastructure, with occasional travel expected to collaborate with distributed teams. Candidates can work remotely with options to be based in San Francisco, Seattle, or New York City.

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

Requirements

• Extensive experience as a software engineer, with a track record of Staff-level technical impact
• Deep knowledge of privacy-enhancing technologies, data protection patterns, and threat modeling
• Strong programming ability in languages commonly used for systems and infrastructure work
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-team technical initiatives
• Excellent written communication for documenting sensitive system designs

Benefits and work setup

Remote-friendly with travel required; primary hubs available in San Francisco, Seattle, and New York City.