Senior Privacy Engineer
Core
Founding member of the Privacy Engineering team shaping privacy-by-design across product, data, and infrastructure, bridging legal, regulatory, and technical dimensions.
Role type
Senior IC privacy engineer (founding team)
Builds
Privacy controls, engineering standards, frameworks, tooling, and privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) for Asana's platform.
Domain
SaaS collaboration platform, global privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA), AI/ML privacy
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
software engineering, privacy-by-design, GDPR/CCPA compliance, data governance (classification, lineage, retention, deletion), cryptographic techniques, anonymization, de-identification, privacy impact assessments, threat modeling, AI/ML privacy risk evaluation
Preferred skills
curiosity about AI tools, translating legal requirements to engineering specs, cross-functional partnership
Technologies
None explicitly listed beyond general categories
Responsibilities
Lead technical privacy-by-design reviews for new features and architectural changes; drive compliance with global privacy regulations by translating legal requirements into engineering standards; evaluate and mitigate privacy risks in AI/ML systems; build and operate systems for data rights and PETs; conduct privacy impact assessments and threat modeling; advocate for privacy-preserving solutions; partner to ensure privacy policies reflect technology; develop customer-facing trust documentation; design privacy-preserving analytics systems
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC (founding member)
