Director Data Privacy Engineering 744 - Remote Eligible

Privacy Engineering Leader

At Protegrity, we lead innovation by using AI and quantum-resistant cryptography to transform data protection across cloud-native, hybrid, on-premises, and open source environments. We leverage advanced cryptographic methods such as tokenization, format-preserving encryption, and quantum-resilient techniques to protect sensitive data. As a global leader in data security, our mission is to ensure that data isn't just valuable but also usable, trusted, and safe.

Protegrity offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of innovation and collaboration, with the ability to make a meaningful impact on the industry while working alongside some of the brightest minds. Together, we are redefining how the world safeguards data, enabling organizations to thrive in a GenAI era where data is the ultimate currency. If you're ready to shape the future of data security, Protegrity is the place for you.

Are you an accomplished and forward-thinking privacy engineering professional who can take on global product ownership of our privacy-enhancing software capabilities?

You will be responsible for driving product innovation and execution in key areas such as data anonymization, synthetic data generation, and privacy risk mitigation.

This role is ideal for a leader who brings a balance of technical depth, strategic product mindset, and people-first leadership, and who thrives in fast-paced, mission-driven environments focused on enabling secure, responsible data use.

Responsibilities:

• Help lead the roadmap while owning and driving the engineering for core privacy enhancing technology capabilities including:
• Advanced data anonymization techniques.
• AI-driven synthetic data generation.
• Re-identification risk assessment.
• Data utility and fidelity optimization.
• Write clean, scalable, and efficient code to design, develop, and maintain high quality software products and features.
• Act as scrum master and product owner for Data Privacy products.
• Ensure our solutions meet industry and regulatory standards while pushing the envelope of what's possible in privacy enhancing technology.

Engineering Mentorship & Delivery Oversight:

• Provide hands-on technical and architectural guidance to engineers building scalable, secure, and performant data systems.
• Facilitate agile development processes and manage the delivery of complex projects on time and with high quality.

Qualifications:

• 8–12 years of experience in software engineering or product development, with at least 3–5 years in engineering leadership or director-level roles.
• Proven experience owning and delivering data-centric software products in privacy, security, AI/ML, or adjacent domains.
• Advanced programming skills with core expertise in Python.
• Hands-on knowledge of: Data anonymization frameworks (e.g., k-anonymity, t-closeness, l-diversity).
• Synthetic data generation techniques (GANs, diffusion models).
• Differential Privacy techniques and algorithms.
• Container/API platforms, distributed systems, and scalable data processing.
• Demonstrated success in building and scaling engineering teams.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to influence across geographies and functions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field.
• Familiarity with compliance and privacy regulations.
• Contributions to open-source privacy or synthetic data tools a plus.

Why Choose Protegrity:

• Become a member of a leading data protection, privacy, and security company during one of the best market opportunities to come along in a generation.
• Competitive compensation/total reward packages that include:
• Health benefits (health/dental/vision)
• Paid time off (PTO)
• 401K
• Annual bonus incentives
• Short and long term disability
• Work on global projects with diverse, energetic team members who respect each other and celebrate differences
• Talent first workforce

Should you accept this position, you will be required to consent to and successfully complete a background investigation. This may include, subject to local laws, verification of extended education and additional criminal and civil checks.

We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits with generous vacation and holiday time off. All employees are also provided access to ongoing learning and development.

Ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace is our priority. We are committed to an environment of acceptance where you are free to bring your full self to work. All qualified applicants and current employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or veteran status.