Staff Privacy Engineer

About the job

As a Staff Privacy Engineer in Search, you will be a partner to Search’s Privacy Officer in building privacy into our products from the ground up. You will move beyond individual feature reviews to define the technical privacy strategy for the Search Product Area (PA) and represent Search in Google-wide privacy initiatives. You will collaborate with Product Management and Engineering leadership to understand long-term roadmaps, anticipating privacy needs before they become blockers. In this role, you will be an architect of trust. You will design scalable systems and guardrails that allow our business to innovate efficiently while protecting user data. You will not just identify risks; you will engineer solutions that enable teams to meet their goals safely and effectively. In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $207,000-$300,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Conduct technical and quantitative analysis to drive scalable, efficient, and data-driven privacy decision-making.
• Design, architect, and lead implementation of privacy-enhancing solutions alongside engineering teams.
• Conduct privacy impact assessment of a single product component.
• Develop, maintain, and publish design or technical documentation to drive consistency in privacy decisions and practices.
• Determine how to bridge between data regulations, governance, practical engineering practices, and policy practices.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience working in a privacy related field (e.g., security engineering, data engineering, data scientist, or compliance engineering etc.).
• 2 years of experience managing initiatives and solutions for technological problems that maintain or elevate the privacy posture of an organization.
• 2 years of experience with privacy technologies or frameworks to solve technical and operational problems, and customizing existing solutions and frameworks to support business objectives.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience engaging key stakeholders and unblocking issues to land changes across multiple business units.
• Experience collaborating with and engaging the external privacy community (e.g., publications, conferences, talks, certifications, etc.).
• Experience working with regulators or regulatory authorities.
• Knowledge of common regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA).

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.