Privacy Engineer / PrivacyTech Consultant

Job ID: 10856

Location: London, England, GB

Type: Contract

Salary: USD market rates, outside IR35 per year

Posted:

Technical Lead, Hands on Privacy Engineer to act as the key link between privacy regulation, engineering delivery and architectural governance. In this role you ll ensure privacy-by-design principles are embedded end-to-end throughout the software development lifecycle, helping translate regulatory intent into practical technical delivery.

This role blends technical depth, privacy expertise and agile delivery experience. You will turn high-level privacy requirements into actionable technical controls, user stories and automated checks shaping how privacy is engineered into digital platforms, products and services.

Key Responsibilities Privacy-by-Design in Agile Delivery

• Embed privacy requirements into Agile Release Trains and delivery squads from concept to release.
• Apply Non-Functional Requirements across epics, features and acceptance criteria.
• Support PI planning by identifying and escalating privacy risks early.
• Validate delivery outputs post-deployment to ensure privacy controls are implemented and verifiable.

Technical Assurance & Engineering Translation

• Review and challenge system designs, architecture, SDK and vendor solutions against internal privacy standards.
• Translate legal/regulatory requirements into clear technical stories and testable acceptance criteria.
• Integrate privacy controls and automated assurance checks into CI/CD pipelines.
• technical depth – software and data engineering, web/mobile SDK, client/server tracking and content and data streaming, data pipelines.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Product, Architecture, Security and Legal partners.
• Influence early design decisions to ensure privacy alignment with technical and business objectives.
• Help evolve privacy engineering frameworks and best practices across the organisation.

Experience & Skills Technical Background

• Experience in software/data engineering or similar technical role.
• Familiarity with data pipelines, APIs, SDKs, client-server tracking, consent tech, event-driven systems.
• Knowledge of cloud environments, modern data architectures and identity management.

Privacy & Regulatory Knowledge

• Understanding of GDPR, PECR and guidance from regulators (ICO, EDPB).
• Ability to identify compliance risks and engage legal/privacy stakeholders appropriately.

Agile/SAFe Delivery

• Experience embedding NFRs and BDD into agile delivery.
• Comfortable in PI planning, system demos and Inspect-and-Adapt sessions.

Systems & Risk Understanding

• Strong grasp of data flows, system interdependencies and third-party risk.
• Ability to surface cross-platform privacy impacts and technical dependencies.

Nice to Have

• Previous privacy engineering/data protection assurance experience in regulated or large-scale environments.
• Familiarity with AdTech, MarTech, Cloud Native, SaaS
• Knowledge of DevSecOps, test automation and continuous compliance tooling.
• Relevant certifications (CIPT, CIPP/E, CIPM, IAPP, SAFe, etc.).

How to Apply If this matches your experience, please send your CV along with your day rate and availability.

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