Privacy Engineer
AI summary of the role
Privacy Engineer role on 1Password's Privacy Engineering team within Security, building technical controls, automation, and AI-assisted tooling to protect personal data across products and systems.
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What you’ll do
- Build and deploy agent-based workflows for privacy engineering processes such as privacy review intake, data subject rights requests, data inventory updates, and telemetry classification.
- Build AI-assisted tooling to help engineering teams identify privacy risks earlier and apply safeguards with less manual effort.
- Implement and improve privacy controls related to authorization, data scoping, retention and deletion, consent signals, and responsible data access.
- Integrate privacy tooling with CI/CD, code review, data catalogs, ticketing platforms, and internal services.
What you’ll bring
- Experience building and shipping production software in a SaaS, cloud, or similarly complex engineering environment.
- Proficiency in at least one backend language (Python, TypeScript, or Go) with strong fundamentals in testing, debugging, version control, and maintainable design.
- Experience building with LLM systems or comparable AI frameworks, including agents, tool-use pipelines, or multi-step orchestration workflows.
- Experience integrating software with external systems via APIs, databases, ticketing systems, CI/CD pipelines, or data platforms.
Technologies
Python · TypeScript · Go · LLM · AI agents · CI/CD · APIs · data catalogs · telemetry · privacy
About 1Password
Identity security platform unifying password management, device trust, and SaaS access governance for human and AI-agent identities across enterprises.
Series C
Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work. If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future. Privacy is central to building products people trust. As a Privacy Engineer on 1Password’s Privacy Engineering team within the Security organization, you’ll build technical controls, automation, and tooling that help protect personal data across our products and systems. You’ll combine software engineering with artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted approaches to improve privacy reviews, data handling, retention, deletion, and telemetry practices at scale.
More from the job description
1Password is growing. We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing. About 1Password At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Unified Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work. If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future. Privacy is central to building products people trust. As a Privacy Engine [... source excerpt omitted ...] approach AI the same way we approach security: with clear principles, human accountability at every consequential decision point, and rigorous evaluation before anything ships to customers. This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US. What we're looking for: Experience building and shipping production software in a Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud, or similarly complex engineering environment. Proficiency in at least one backend programming language, such as Python, TypeScript, or Go, along with strong fundamentals in testing, debugging, version control, and maintainable software design. Experience building with large language model (LLM) systems or comparable [... source excerpt omitted ...] ata-handling concepts such as data minimization, access controls, retention and deletion, consent, or privacy-conscious telemetry, and the ability to translate established privacy requirements into concrete engineering work. Ability to take ownership of well-defined projects or workstreams from implementation through delivery and collaborate effectively with Security, Engineering, Product, Data, and Legal and Privacy partners. Preferred: Experience with privacy regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), or the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), as well as data subject rights workflows, data inventories, third-pa
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