Strategic Privacy Engineer: Build Trust in Products

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

Job summary

Socket.dev in Mountain View seeks a Privacy Engineer to embed privacy into products from the ground up. You will collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to anticipate privacy needs and shape the technical privacy strategy for products.

You will design scalable guardrails and defend user data while enabling innovation. The role emphasizes proactive privacy features, risk mitigation, and collaboration across 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 that 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

Privacy tech

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Socket.dev in Mountain View seeks a Privacy Engineer to embed privacy into products from the ground up. You will collaborate with Product Management and Engineering to anticipate privacy needs and shape the technical privacy strategy for products.

You will design scalable guardrails and defend user data while enabling innovation. The role emphasizes proactive privacy features, risk mitigation, and collaboration across teams.