This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Privacy Engineer based in Canada.
You will join a mission-driven, remote-first engineering organization focused on building privacy-preserving technologies that protect users at scale. In this role, you will design, build, and evolve core privacy systems that power products used by millions of people worldwide. You will work on complex technical challenges spanning search, tracking protection, and user data minimization, with a strong emphasis on security and ethical engineering. The environment values deep ownership, from system design through production monitoring and long-term maintenance. You will collaborate with experienced engineers to continuously improve privacy infrastructure and detect emerging online threats. This is a high-impact role where your work directly strengthens trust and safety across the internet.
Accountabilities:
You will be responsible for designing and maintaining privacy-focused systems and features, ensuring robust protection mechanisms across large-scale products while contributing to long-term technical strategy and execution.
- Design, build, and maintain privacy-preserving systems using Go, Node.js, Python, or similar languages.
- Develop and enhance core privacy features such as tracker protection, data minimization systems, and threat detection tools.
- Contribute to the evolution of privacy infrastructure, including systems related to crawling, indexing, and detection of tracking technologies.
- Participate in privacy reviews and audits to ensure compliance with internal privacy principles and standards.
- Lead and contribute to complex engineering projects from design through postmortem analysis.
- Identify emerging privacy threats and design technical solutions to mitigate them effectively.
- Collaborate across engineering teams to ensure privacy is embedded into all stages of product development.
- Mentor other engineers and contribute to technical growth across the team.
- Communicate technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Requirements:
You should bring strong backend or systems engineering experience with a focus on privacy, security, or large-scale distributed systems, along with the ability to lead complex technical initiatives.
- Experience in software engineering with proficiency in Go, Node.js, Python, Perl, or similar languages.
- Strong background in building or contributing to privacy-focused technologies (e.g., tracker blocking, anti-tracking systems, differential privacy, or similar).
- Deep understanding of online privacy threats, tracking mechanisms, and mitigation strategies.
- Experience leading complex engineering projects from concept through delivery and maintenance.
- Strong problem-solving skills with ability to handle ambiguous, evolving technical challenges.
- Experience working in distributed systems or large-scale backend environments.
- Excellent communication skills, with ability to explain technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Experience collaborating in remote, cross-functional engineering teams.
- Ability to mentor and support the growth of other engineers.
Benefits:
- Competitive annual compensation of $178,500 USD
- Equity participation in a profitable, growing technology company
- Fully remote-first work environment
- Flexible work arrangements with no fixed core hours
- Paid parental leave and wellbeing support programs
- Home office setup and co-working allowances
- Annual in-person meetups and team retreats (travel supported)
- Strong culture of autonomy, ownership, and long-term impact
- Inclusive and mission-driven engineering environment focused on privacy