Senior Privacy Engineer, Android, XR/AR/VR

Senior Privacy Engineer, Android, XR/AR/VR

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: San Jose, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience working in a privacy related field (e.g., security engineering, data engineering, data scientist, compliance engineering etc.).
• 1 year of experience designing solutions for technological problems that maintain the privacy posture of the organization, working with teams across multiple workstreams.
• 1 year of experience leading the application of privacy technologies (e.g., differential privacy, automated access management solutions, etc.) to solve technical and data management problems, customizing existing solutions and frameworks to meet user needs.
• Experience in XR/AR/VR Privacy.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with the hardware development life-cycle or hardware privacy.
• Experience with the software development life-cycle, including experience with code review in one or more general purpose languages.
• Familiarity with mobile and Android platforms, and app development.
• Knowledge in the domain of AI/ML privacy.

About The Job

As a Senior Privacy Engineer, Android, XR/AR/VR, you will review product designs for Extended Reality/Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (XR/AR/VR) platforms and devices, and provide privacy guidance and requirements for product privacy assurance. You will also provide privacy solutions (such as PET) to reduce privacy risks for our users and increase trust in our products.

Android is Google’s mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + 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

• Drive privacy solutions into products and services, including early engagement with Product and Engineering teams on the product design.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure the privacy excellence of product launches, including with Legal and Public Policy teams.
• Conduct privacy risk assessments and provide guidance and solutions to mitigate identified privacy risks.
• Provide post-launch support in the form of privacy subject matter analysis for incidents and vulnerability reports.
• Exercise design and architecture related knowledge to develop and drive technical privacy solutions as well as policy changes alongside Engineering teams.

Key skills/competency

• Privacy Engineering
• Android Platform
• XR/AR/VR Technology
• Data Privacy
• Security Engineering
• Differential Privacy
• Risk Assessment
• Product Design
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Privacy Policy Development