Senior Data Privacy & Governance Engineer

Microsoft

Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NYRedmond, WAMountain View, CA
Salary
$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
76 days ago
Closes
Oct 11, 2026

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $188k
This role $177k
$106k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays less than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $153,937–$222,647 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $188k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

Microsoft currently has 674 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 622 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Data Privacy & Governance Engineer

The Principal Data Privacy & Governance Engineer role at Microsoft AI (MAI) involves designing and implementing robust tools for data security, privacy, and governance within distributed cloud environments. This senior-level position requires working closely with platform, infrastructure, application engineers, and AI researchers to develop next-generation automated data governance systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building scalable services on public clouds like Azure or AWS, collaborating across engineering, product, legal, and compliance teams to embed privacy-by-design principles, and creating data lineage tracking and proactive alerting mechanisms for regulatory compliance. This role is crucial for ensuring data integrity and secure usage within MAI’s expanding portfolio of consumer AI products and research initiatives.

What you'll do

  • Design and develop tools for data security, privacy, and governance in distributed cloud environments.
  • Collaborate on the creation of next-generation automated data governance systems with cross-functional teams.
  • Ensure regulatory compliance and secure data usage across organizational platforms.
  • Embed privacy-by-design principles into data infrastructure through collaboration with legal and compliance teams.
  • Build scalable services on public cloud infrastructures like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
  • Construct proactive alerting mechanisms to monitor and enforce adherence to internal standards and external regulations.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive experience (4+ years) building scalable services on public cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
  • Proven track record (3+ years) of collaborating across engineering, product, legal, and compliance teams to embed privacy-by-design principles.
  • Solid background in creating data lineage tracking systems and proactive alerting mechanisms for regulatory compliance.
  • Expertise in ensuring secure data usage and integrity within distributed data environments.
  • Strong proficiency in building automated governance mechanisms into data infrastructure.

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