Job Description

Private AI is a Toronto-based startup funded by top Venture Capital investors from New York, Seattle, and San Francisco, including Microsoft’s fund M12. Private AI has created a range of industry-leading AI solutions that make it safe to share and analyze datasets without compromising user privacy. Our cutting edge models enable developers to easily detect, redact, or pseudonymize unstructured data within their existing workflows  (on-premise, public/private/hybrid cloud, mobile, web). Private AI is led by a team of experts in privacy-preserving machine learning and natural language processing, driven by the goal of making privacy accessible to developers.

Job Description

You will leverage your legal background and work alongside our Sales, Marketing and R&D teams to:

Create compelling privacy related content (blog posts, guides),
Engage with privacy, regulatory, technology and other relevant communities to raise awareness about Private AI products and drive engagement,
Contribute to creating and updating Private AI product requirements as new Canadian data protection laws are introduced, to help our products remain compliant,
Showcase Private AI products in various use cases and environments,
Promote Private AI at conferences, meetups, and through social media,
Provide legal information based on customer questions regarding privacy and data protection laws.

There will be significant room for advancement, as we’re a rapidly scaling company.

Why this job is awesome

We’re growing rapidly: Revenue has almost quintupled in the last year, with a broad international customer base of cutting edge new technology providers and large enterprises
Nothing is on fire: Our product is successfully in production with many customers and we want to drive more market adoption and growth
Great work-life balance: While we’re a startup and out of normal office hours will be required on occasion, we heavily value work life balance, with a fun and positive team culture
Great opportunity to be exposed to the latest in Machine Learning and Privacy Enhancing Technologies
You’ll be getting in on the ground floor as a core member of the team, participating in the shaping of the company as we grow
Opportunity to travel and to work remotely
We’re affiliated with the University of Toronto and the Vector Institute, and you’ll be working with some of the best & brightest minds in the field, such as the individual responsible for some of the first Neural Networks to be implemented in assisted driving applications
This position is compensated competitively and includes equity

Preferred Qualifications

Must have samples of written, audio, and/or video content that is privacy-focused
Have the ability to speak engagingly and articulately about legal concepts
Law Degree from an accredited university
Minimum 2 years of professional legal experience with data protection laws

Nice To Haves

Existing followership on social media platforms like Twitter, YouTube, blog, LinkedIn, Discord, podcast, etc.
Experience working directly with customers and advocating for new technologies
Background in Machine Learning

Next Steps

To apply for this job, please send a short cover letter, your resume and (if possible) a portfolio of your past work.