[Hiring] Engineering Manager, Privacy Infrastructure Engineering @Netflix

Role Description

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager for Privacy Infrastructure Engineering (PIE) to lead a team of software engineers and privacy engineers to implement, develop, and maintain privacy protective features and tools to meet regulatory requirements while driving data enablement for the business.

• Partner with PDPE leadership to define and execute a consumer-centric approach for data collection, consent, and privacy controls.
• Seamlessly integrate these solutions into our complex data ecosystem.
• Develop strong partnerships across disciplines to create solutions that add value for the organization.
• Enable product teams to focus on their core offerings by abstracting foundational privacy needs.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in managing software development teams and building privacy and/or security solutions, preferably in a large scale, data driven environment.
• 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 existing tooling for privacy rights management, metadata catalog management, and scaling privacy solutions across the enterprise.
• Experience coaching and managing high performing teams by providing feedback in an inclusive and growth-oriented manner.
• Comfort with driving technical decisions in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment with competing priorities.
• Previous experience as a hands-on individual contributor, bringing deep technical credibility and practical insight to leadership decisions.
• Ability to define and track program metrics, report progress to leadership and stakeholders, and continuously seek feedback to improve program effectiveness.
• System design and full stack development background with ability to delegate and empower team members with ownership.
• Experience building tools for consent management, data use limitations, and/or data protection controls across the data life cycle.
• Effective cross-functional collaborator with a demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships and prioritize privacy initiatives across engineering, product, legal and security teams.
• Experience guiding the development and rollout of scalable automation, dashboards, and user experiences for data classification, retention, and access control.
• Demonstrated experience using structured discovery of privacy gaps to inform prioritization and justify investment in mature privacy remediation programs.
• Experience with GenAI being a force multiplier for scaling privacy and data protection.

Requirements

• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Technical expertise in software development and privacy solutions.
• Ability to work collaboratively across various teams.
• Experience in program metrics and reporting.
• Hands-on experience in system design and full stack development.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Plans.
• Mental Health support.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match.
• Stock Option Program.
• Disability Programs.
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Family-forming benefits.
• Life and Serious Injury Benefits.
• Paid leave of absence programs.
• Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off.
• Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off.