James Arps

Staff Privacy Engineer at Google

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Google (6 yrs 6 mos)
    • Engineering Manager
      Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

    • Staff Privacy Engineer
      Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

      Domain technical lead and Eng manager for Corporate Engineering's Privacy and Security Architecture teams. Building a human-centric development culture centered on the fundamental right to private and secure data. Turning S&P engagement into a valued and beneficial step in the product development lifecycle instead of a compliance checkbox or a chore.

    • Senior Privacy Engineer
      Oct 2022 - Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Research Assistant at Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science
    May 2018 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Working at CyLab, CMU's Privacy & Security Institute, I conducted research on a variety of topics including decentralized peer-to-peer marketplaces. Advisor: Dr. Nicolas Christin

  • Intern, Data Governance & Quality at Ancestry
    May 2019 - Aug 2019 · 4 mos

    Led the creation of a new Data Classification & Handling Policy and assisted in a rewrite of an existing Data Retention Policy. Participated in weekly office hours that assisted in archiving eng knowledge into a centralized data catalog.

  • Digital Technology Summer Fellow at Gettysburg College
    May 2017 - Aug 2017 · 4 mos

    Built a system which ran a 3D printer remotely by attaching a file to an email or by using a custom web interface; allowed the user to track their job progress via live updates and a webcam feed.

  • Blockchain Research Intern at ViewFin
    Sep 2016 - Dec 2016 · 4 mos

    Assisted in translation of technical documents and compiled detailed briefings on emerging technologies.