Staff Software Engineer, Privacy
Core
Architecting and implementing global privacy systems, data pipelines, and anonymization frameworks for Waymo's autonomous driving technology to ensure GDPR compliance and privacy by design.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Privacy)
Builds
Data handling systems, sensor data anonymization pipelines, and privacy infrastructure for autonomous vehicles.
Domain
Autonomous driving / Privacy engineering / Data infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Software engineering, privacy engineering, GDPR compliance, data pipeline architecture, computer vision integration, threat modeling, regulatory translation
Preferred skills
European market launch experience, privacy-preserving ML techniques (Differential Privacy, Federated Learning, Homomorphic Encryption), user-facing product development
Technologies
C++, Java, Kotlin, Python, Flume, MapReduce, cloud infrastructure
Responsibilities
Design and build data handling systems satisfying GDPR requirements; Develop and optimize computer vision/ML pipelines for PII detection and anonymization; Write scalable code to enforce retention policies and access controls; Partner with Legal/Policy teams to translate regulations into engineering specs; Conduct privacy impact assessments and threat modeling for new features.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with architectural leadership
