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Director of Privacy Engineering, Services

Apple· Software and Services
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Cupertino, CA$311.1k - $496.9kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Privacy engineering leader responsible for directing the privacy engineering organization within Apple Services Engineering, partnering with Engineering, Security, Compliance, Legal, Product, and central privacy functions to embed privacy into product development at massive scale and lead responses to evolving AI/privacy challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the privacy engineering organization, setting technical direction, defining team structure, and building a culture of ownership, craft, and continuous improvement. Recruit, develop, and retain exceptional talent.
  • Direct the design, development, and operation of privacy-enabling services, tools, and platforms across Apple Services Engineering, upholding high standards for quality, reliability, and scale.
  • Develop broad, foundational approaches that make privacy the default in product development, so the systems that teams build on are privacy-preserving by design.
  • Build trusted relationships with the stakeholders and partners who depend on your organization, across Engineering, Security, Compliance, Legal, Product, and Apple's central privacy function, understanding their needs and consistently delivering the value they rely on.
  • Establish privacy guidance and best practices suited to Apple Services Engineering, and scale them across the division through education and training.
  • As AI features expand across Apple Services, lead your team in inventing rigorous privacy approaches that keep pace with new challenges and opportunities.
  • Reliably operate the systems that maintain compliance with regulations such as GDPR across Apple Services.

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of software development experience, including 5+ years leading engineering organizations with multiple layers of management and 3+ years in privacy leadership.
  • Proven track record of recruiting, developing leadership talent, and building high-performing engineering cultures at scale.
  • Deep expertise designing, building, and operating large-scale privacy systems, tools, and infrastructure, with strong instincts for technical excellence and software development best practices.
  • Command of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) such as differential privacy, federated learning, on-device processing, tokenization, and data de-identification.
  • Ability to shift seamlessly between deep technical details and big-picture strategy, with the judgment to know when each is required.
  • Exceptional communication skills: able to drive clarity in ambiguity, distill complex concepts concisely, and engage stakeholders at all levels.
  • Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with a track record of influencing outcomes across diverse organizations without direct authority.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
  • Proven ability to manage a broad set of stakeholders, balancing competing priorities and consistently delivering the systems and support each needs to succeed.
  • Experience navigating privacy challenges specific to AI/ML, including training data governance and model inference privacy.
  • Strong platform product sensibility: the ability to think holistically about developer experience, adoption, and business impact, not just technical or regulatory constraints.
  • Experience developing privacy strategy collaboratively, balancing competing trade-offs, and influencing company-wide technical direction.
  • Track record of building privacy programs from the ground up and scaling their impact across large organizations.
  • Strong understanding of privacy regulations, such as GDPR and CCPA.
  • Experience leading geographically distributed engineering teams.
  • Prior experience at a consumer technology company where privacy is treated as a product value, not just a compliance obligation.

Skills

Required:Privacy engineering leadershipPrivacy-enhancing technologies (PETs)Communication and stakeholder management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • retirement benefits
  • range of discounted products and free services
  • reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
  • discretionary bonuses or commission payments and relocation eligibility
  • Apple shareholder opportunities through discretionary employee stock programs
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Last updated Jul 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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