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Who We Are
Robert Half is seeking a Software Engineer II – AI Engineer to analyze, design, program, debug, test, implement, and support the privacy, security, and governance controls that protect generative AI technologies. This role safeguards GenAI-enabled applications, including LLM-powered workflows, RAG pipelines, plugins, skills, and autonomous agents, by embedding data protection, security guardrails, and responsible AI governance across the development lifecycle.
This role supports SDLC documentation across all phases, with a focus on data privacy, security guardrails, governance, compliance, and risk management. It also works with users to define requirements and support applications in production.
What You’ll Do
Design and implement data privacy controls, including PII/PHI detection, redaction, and data minimization.
Build security guardrails, including prompt-injection defense, jailbreak prevention, and output filtering.
Establish governance for plugins, skills, and agents, including registration, approval, and lifecycle management.
Review and vet third-party plugins, skills, and agent tools for security, privacy, and compliance risks.
Define and enforce access controls, authentication, and least-privilege permissions for AI components.
Implement guardrails for autonomous agents, including action scoping, tool-use restrictions, and human-in-the-loop approval.
Apply data classification, retention, and residency policies across GenAI data flows.
Monitor AI systems for policy violations, data leakage, and anomalous plugin, skill, or agent behavior.
Maintain audit trails and logging for plugin, skill, and agent activity.
Support compliance with regulations and frameworks, including GDPR, CCPA, and the EU AI Act.
Provide Level II production support for security, privacy, and governance incidents.
Support incident response, including containment, escalation, and remediation.
What You’ll Need
4+ years of experience in IT or a related field.
2+ years of software engineering experience.
1+ year of experience in AI security, data privacy, or governance.
Experience with AI coding agent-augmented development.
Experience with data privacy techniques, including PII detection, redaction, and anonymization.
Experience with Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, or SQL.
Experience building and securing applications.
Knowledge of cloud platforms, containers, and CI/CD practices.
Understanding of SDLC, APIs, and system architecture.
Knowledge of databases and data integration.
Understanding of LLM fundamentals and token behavior.
Knowledge of security guardrails, including prompt-injection and jailbreak defenses.
Experience governing plugins, skills, and agents, including registration and lifecycle management.
Knowledge of identity and access management, including authentication and least-privilege design.
Familiarity with AI risk frameworks, including the NIST AI RMF and OWASP LLM Top 10.
Knowledge of privacy and compliance regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, and the EU AI Act.
Experience with observability practices, including logging, tracing, and audit trails.
Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP.
Strong communication and requirements-gathering skills.
Preferred Generative AI Skills
Experience with AI governance platforms and policy-as-code frameworks.
Experience with secrets management, encryption, and data loss prevention (DLP).
Experience with red-teaming and adversarial testing of LLM applications.
Experience designing agent guardrails, including tool sandboxing and action approval.
Experience with content moderation and output safety filtering.
Experience with security incident handling, including containment and forensics.
The typical annual salary range for this position is shown below and is negotiable depending upon experience and location. The position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus.
$85,000.00 - $124,000.00We offer exceptional earning potential and a competitive benefits package, including group health insurance benefits (medical, vision, dental), FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave of up to 6 weeks, and short/long term disability. Robert Half provides paid time off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of Choice Time Off (CTO) our people receive varies based on their years of service and is pro-rated based on the hours worked per week. A new hire earns up to 17 days of CTO per calendar year. Our people also receive up to 11 paid holidays per calendar year. We also offer the opportunity to contribute to our company 401(k) savings and investment plan or deferred compensation plan (if eligible), with an employer match of 100% on the first 3% of your contributions for eligible employees. Learn more at https://roberthalfbenefits.com.
Robert Half Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran
As part of Robert Half’s Corporate Services facility employment process, any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Our recruiters use their expertise and may utilize AI to help with their evaluation of candidates.
Robert Half is committed to being an equal employment employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to HRSolutions@roberthalf.com or call 1.855.744.6947 for assistance.
In your email please include the following:
The specific accommodation requested to complete the employment application.
The location(s) (city, state) to which you would like to apply.
For positions located in San Francisco, CA: Robert Half will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
For positions located in Los Angeles County, CA: Robert Half will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Who We Are
Robert Half is seeking a Software Engineer II – AI Engineer to analyze, design, program, debug, test, implement, and support the privacy, security, and governance controls that protect generative AI technologies. This role safeguards GenAI-enabled applications, including LLM-powered workflows, RAG pipelines, plugins, skills, and autonomous agents, by embedding data protection, security guardrails, and responsible AI governance across the development lifecycle.
This role supports SDLC documentation across all phases, with a focus on data privacy, security guardrails, governance, compliance, and risk management. It also works with users to define requirements and support applications in production.
What You’ll Do
Design and implement data privacy controls, including PII/PHI detection, redaction, and data minimization.
Build security guardrails, including prompt-injection defense, jailbreak prevention, and output filtering.
Establish governance for plugins, skills, and agents, including registration, approval, and lifecycle management.
Review and vet third-party plugins, skills, and agent tools for security, privacy, and compliance risks.
Define and enforce access controls, authentication, and least-privilege permissions for AI components.
Implement guardrails for autonomous agents, including action scoping, tool-use restrictions, and human-in-the-loop approval.
Apply data classification, retention, and residency policies across GenAI data flows.
Monitor AI systems for policy violations, data leakage, and anomalous plugin, skill, or agent behavior.
Maintain audit trails and logging for plugin, skill, and agent activity.
Support compliance with regulations and frameworks, including GDPR, CCPA, and the EU AI Act.
Provide Level II production support for security, privacy, and governance incidents.
Support incident response, including containment, escalation, and remediation.
What You’ll Need
4+ years of experience in IT or a related field.
2+ years of software engineering experience.
1+ year of experience in AI security, data privacy, or governance.
Experience with AI coding agent-augmented development.
Experience with data privacy techniques, including PII detection, redaction, and anonymization.
Experience with Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, or SQL.
Experience building and securing applications.
Knowledge of cloud platforms, containers, and CI/CD practices.
Understanding of SDLC, APIs, and system architecture.
Knowledge of databases and data integration.
Understanding of LLM fundamentals and token behavior.
Knowledge of security guardrails, including prompt-injection and jailbreak defenses.
Experience governing plugins, skills, and agents, including registration and lifecycle management.
Knowledge of identity and access management, including authentication and least-privilege design.
Familiarity with AI risk frameworks, including the NIST AI RMF and OWASP LLM Top 10.
Knowledge of privacy and compliance regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, and the EU AI Act.
Experience with observability practices, including logging, tracing, and audit trails.
Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP.
Strong communication and requirements-gathering skills.
Preferred Generative AI Skills
Experience with AI governance platforms and policy-as-code frameworks.
Experience with secrets management, encryption, and data loss prevention (DLP).
Experience with red-teaming and adversarial testing of LLM applications.
Experience designing agent guardrails, including tool sandboxing and action approval.
Experience with content moderation and output safety filtering.
Experience with security incident handling, including containment and forensics.
The typical annual salary range for this position is shown below and is negotiable depending upon experience and location. The position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus.
$85,000.00 - $124,000.00We offer exceptional earning potential and a competitive benefits package, including group health insurance benefits (medical, vision, dental), FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave of up to 6 weeks, and short/long term disability. Robert Half provides paid time off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of Choice Time Off (CTO) our people receive varies based on their years of service and is pro-rated based on the hours worked per week. A new hire earns up to 17 days of CTO per calendar year. Our people also receive up to 11 paid holidays per calendar year. We also offer the opportunity to contribute to our company 401(k) savings and investment plan or deferred compensation plan (if eligible), with an employer match of 100% on the first 3% of your contributions for eligible employees. Learn more at https://roberthalfbenefits.com.
Robert Half Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran
As part of Robert Half’s Corporate Services facility employment process, any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Our recruiters use their expertise and may utilize AI to help with their evaluation of candidates.
Robert Half is committed to being an equal employment employer offering opportunities to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to apply for a position, please contact us by sending an email to HRSolutions@roberthalf.com or call 1.855.744.6947 for assistance.
In your email please include the following:
The specific accommodation requested to complete the employment application.
The location(s) (city, state) to which you would like to apply.
For positions located in San Francisco, CA: Robert Half will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
For positions located in Los Angeles County, CA: Robert Half will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in data privacy specialist jobs.
- Knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA regulatory requirements and compliance obligations
- Experience conducting privacy impact assessments and data mapping exercises
- CIPP, CIPM, or equivalent IAPP certification preferred or required
- Ability to develop and maintain privacy policies, notices, and internal procedures
- Familiarity with OneTrust, TrustArc, or similar privacy management platforms
- Bachelor's degree in law, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related field
Tips for Your Data Privacy Specialist Job Search
Tailor your resume to privacy frameworks
Employers scan for specific frameworks like GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA before reading anything else. Name the regulation, your exact role in implementing or auditing it, and the outcome, rather than listing 'privacy compliance' as a single bullet.
Certify before competing for senior roles
CIPP, CIPM, or CIPT credentials from the IAPP signal to hiring managers that your privacy knowledge is current and tested. Many mid-level and senior postings treat at least one of these as a screening requirement, not a nice-to-have.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists data privacy specialist openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings by regulatory scope
Filter job descriptions by the specific laws they mention. A role focused on California consumer rights requires different expertise than one built around federal healthcare data rules, so matching your background to the regulation saves time and sharpens your application.
Prepare a privacy incident case study
Interviewers at the final round routinely ask how you handled a breach, a regulator inquiry, or a failed data mapping exercise. Have a concrete, structured example ready that covers what happened, what you did, and what changed afterward.
Negotiate using scope, not just title
Privacy roles vary widely in whether you own policy, advise on it, or enforce it. Before accepting an offer, confirm whether you have authority to reject vendor contracts, escalate to the board, and set data retention schedules, because scope determines your career trajectory.
Data Privacy Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most data privacy specialists?
The most active employers for data privacy specialists right now are PwC, HP, and BNY, and the most openings are in New York, California, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Hiring activity tends to concentrate in financial services, healthcare systems, and large technology companies with complex data handling obligations.
How many data privacy specialist jobs are remote?
About 63% of data privacy specialist openings are fully remote or hybrid as of July 2026, reflecting the advisory and policy-focused nature of much of the work. Roles centered on privacy program management and regulatory compliance tend to offer the most location flexibility, while positions that require hands-on coordination with IT security or legal teams are more often based on-site.
How do you become a data privacy specialist?
Start with a degree in law, information systems, cybersecurity, or a related field, then build exposure to data handling through roles in compliance, IT, or legal operations. Pursue an IAPP certification such as the CIPP to formalize your regulatory knowledge. From there, seek positions that give you direct responsibility for privacy impact assessments, policy drafting, or vendor data reviews, because hands-on program ownership is what hiring managers look for most.
Can I get hired as a data privacy specialist with little experience?
Entry-level positions do exist, particularly at organizations building out their privacy programs for the first time. Employers at this level typically value a relevant certification, demonstrated knowledge of GDPR or CCPA mechanics, and any prior work touching data governance, records management, or legal compliance. Framing internships, coursework projects, or volunteer work that involved handling personal data can help bridge the experience gap on your resume.
What does the data privacy specialist interview process look like?
Most hiring processes include an initial recruiter screen focused on regulatory knowledge and certification status, followed by a technical or case-based interview where you walk through how you would approach a data mapping exercise, a breach response, or a vendor assessment. A final panel interview with legal, security, or compliance stakeholders is common at mid-size and larger organizations, and written assessments or take-home policy drafting exercises appear at some companies.
Where can I find and apply to data privacy specialist jobs?
You can find and apply to data privacy specialist jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your background and apply directly to each listing.
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