Privacy Engineer

Perplexity is seeking a highly skilled, experienced and hands-on Privacy Engineer to join our dynamic security team, revolutionizing the way people search and interact with the internet. You will be responsible ensuring our various products uphold the highest standards of data privacy, transparency, and trust.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain comprehensive privacy solutions, developing robust frameworks and strategies to ensure compliance with global data protection regulations
• Drive initiatives to facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices in data privacy within technical teams. Enhance overall privacy awareness and competence across the company, reinforcing the importance of privacy by design in our culture
• Work closely with Engineering, Product, Legal, and Compliance teams to integrate privacy-by-design principles into product and technology development and business processes
• Perform comprehensive privacy engineering reviews. This entails evaluating existing and new technical designs, identifying privacy risks and compliance issues, and recommending technical controls or enhancements to ensure privacy-by-design principles are fully integrated

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in data privacy, with a focus on privacy engineering and/or privacy architecture
• Proven ability to design, build, and scale large privacy systems end-to-end
• Strong understanding of data privacy laws and regulations, such as GDPR and CCPA, and their application to technology design and processes
• Demonstrated ability to work with technical teams to implement privacy-by-design and default principles in complex systems
• Experience with privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), data anonymization techniques, and secure data management practices
• Experience applying privacy-by-design principles in the context of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) efforts
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and project management skills
• Effective communicator, capable of conveying complex technical principles to non-technical stakeholders
• Relevant privacy certifications (e.g., CIPP, CIPT, CISM) are desirable

Our cash compensation range for this role is $200,000 - $280,000.

At Perplexity, we've experienced tremendous growth and adoption since publicly launching the world's first fully functional conversational answer engine in 2022. We've grown from answering 2.5 million questions per day at the start of 2024 to around 20 million daily queries in December 2024. We also offer Perplexity Enterprise Pro, which counts leading companies like Nvidia, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Bridgewater, and Zoom as customers.

To support our rapid expansion, we've raised significant funding from some of the most respected technology investors. Our investor base includes IVP, NEA, Jeff Bezos, NVIDIA, Databricks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Naval Ravikant, Tobi Lutke, and many other visionary individuals. In 2024, our employee base grew nearly 300%, and we're just getting started.

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
 
Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity is part of the total compensation package.
Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.