Privacy Engineer

Superhuman Superhuman · Consumer · Hub - Seattle · Engineering, Product, Design, and Marketing

Privacy Engineer role focused on designing and implementing privacy-preserving features and architectures, translating privacy requirements, making risk-informed decisions, reviewing system designs for privacy issues, and shaping long-term privacy strategy. Requires understanding of data privacy concepts, industry privacy concerns (consent, deletion, retention), basic regulatory understanding (GDPR), CS fundamentals, and coding ability.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and implement privacy-related features and architectures that preserve user privacy in product development across Superhuman's product ecosystem.
  2. Build bridges between technical and non-technical teams by translating privacy requirements into actionable roadmaps aligned with business objectives.
  3. Make risk-informed decisions that safeguard customer data while enabling Superhuman to move fast.
  4. Review and analyze designs of systems and product features for privacy issues and optimizations.
  5. Help shape the long-term privacy strategy, collaborating with Trust Engineering, Legal, Product, and other cross-functional partners.

Skills

Required

  • general concepts around data privacy
  • privacy concerns (consent, deletion, retention)
  • basic understanding of regulations such as GDPR
  • review system designs and product feature specs for deviations from our privacy policies and suboptimal privacy choices
  • CS fundamentals, algorithms, and data structures
  • great communicator and active listener
  • strong analytical, diagnostics, and troubleshooting skills
  • proven ability to work in a multi-team environment and cross-functional setup
  • write correct, concise, readable, and extendable code

What the JD emphasized

  • user privacy is preserved
  • privacy posture
  • privacy requirements
  • safeguard customer data
  • privacy issues
  • privacy strategy
  • data privacy
  • privacy concerns
  • privacy policies