Engineering Manager, Privacy Infrastructure Engineering

Netflix

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$510,000–$752,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
19 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Above market

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Netflix is the world''s leading streaming entertainment service, offering a vast library of TV series, films, documentaries, and original content to subscribers in over 190 countries. Industry: Streaming Entertainment & Media

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TL;DR · Engineering Manager, Privacy Infrastructure Engineering

JOB TITLE: Engineering Manager, Privacy Infrastructure Engineering The Engineering Manager, Privacy Infrastructure Engineering leads a team of software and privacy engineers within the Privacy & Data Protection Engineering organization. This role involves developing, evaluating, and implementing privacy protective solutions across the data lifecycle, including building horizontal privacy tools, automating privacy rights management, and establishing risk measurement and mitigation strategies. The manager will define consumer-centric approaches for data collection, consent, and privacy controls while integrating these into a complex data ecosystem. Key responsibilities include managing high-performing teams, driving technical decisions, and defining program metrics. Required skills include system design, full-stack development, and experience with data classification, records retention, and metadata catalog management. The role addresses the technical challenge of abstracting foundational privacy needs to enable data use while meeting regulatory requirements.

What does a Engineering Manager earn in Remote?

Median $239400 from 45 postings across 18 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead a team of software and privacy engineers to develop and maintain privacy protective tools.
  • Implement privacy solutions for data collection, consent, and controls across the company's data ecosystem.
  • Build and onboard horizontal privacy solutions and automate privacy rights management.
  • Develop and roll out scalable automation, dashboards, and user experiences for data classification and retention.
  • Define and execute product strategy roadmaps to improve privacy rights management and metadata cataloging.
  • Identify privacy gaps through structured discovery to prioritize and justify investments in remediation programs.
  • Define and track program metrics to report progress and effectiveness to leadership and stakeholders.
  • Drive technical decisions and system designs for privacy and security solutions in a large-scale environment.

What we're looking for

  • Proven leadership experience in managing software development teams and building privacy or security solutions (preferred).
  • Deep understanding of privacy and security frameworks, data classification, data protection controls, and records retention.
  • Strategic and pragmatic thinking for product strategy roadmaps to improve privacy rights management and metadata catalog management.
  • Ability to coach and manage high-performing teams by providing feedback in an inclusive and growth-oriented manner.
  • Previous experience as a hands-on individual contributor with deep technical credibility and practical insight.
  • System design and full stack development background with the ability to delegate and empower team members.
  • Demonstrated experience using structured discovery of privacy gaps to inform prioritization and justify investment in remediation programs.
  • Experience with GenAI being a force multiplier for scaling privacy and data protection (preferred).

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