Summary
Jodi Spacek is a Senior Privacy Engineer based in Vancouver with nine years of software and research experience blending privacy, distributed systems, and production engineering. Currently at Google and contributing to OpenMined’s differential privacy pipeline, she brings practical expertise converting privacy research into production-ready systems. Her background spans privacy and kernel-level production roles at Shopify, research-funded work on censorship circumvention at UBC, and decentralized systems research in France, giving her a rare mix of academic rigor and operational experience. She’s also lectured on privacy engineering, reflecting a talent for translating complex topics to diverse audiences. A classically trained pianist with a Bachelor of Music, she pairs analytical depth with creative discipline—an asset in designing thoughtful, privacy-first systems.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at The University of British Columbia
Bachelor of Music, Piano, Distinction, Bachelor of Music, Piano, Distinction at Mount Allison University