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Privacy Engineering Director

DuckDuckGo

Johannesburg
Full Time
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Job Description

As Engineering Director, Privacy, you'll own high-complexity privacy projects from definition to delivery, evolve our privacy triage and review processes, build automation that reduces engineering toil, and grow the next generation of privacy engineers, all while contributing significantly to privacy strategy across the company.

About You

  • 10+ years experience leading privacy reviews, audits, or technical privacy programs at a consumer-facing product company with a large (1M+) user base.
  • 4+ years privacy engineering leadership experience - building infrastructure tools, data minimization systems, or equivalent privacy-preserving technical solutions.
  • Director, Head of, or VP-level experience with direct management and hiring responsibilities and meaningful technical scope.
  • Proven ability to DRI high-complexity, cross-functional projects with minimal direction.
  • Strong communication skills, with a track record of translating privacy principles into practical engineering decisions across competing stakeholder needs.
  • Experience improving organizational processes — identifying bottlenecks, implementing automation, and building scalable review systems.
  • Passion for privacy and raising the standard of trust online.

DuckDuckGo


Full Time

Johannesburg

Management

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Job Overview

  • Posted: 1 day ago
  • Experience: 10 Years
  • Total Positions: 1

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