John Caffrey

About John Caffrey

I build data platforms that scale — and ensure they\'re built right.Over the past six years at Indeed, I\'ve led Product for enterprise data infrastructure (100PB+ data lake, 500B+ events/day) and the governance/privacy capabilities that make that data safe to use at scale. I\'ve scaled PM orgs (1→14 PMs across 150+ engineers), partnered across engineering, legal, security, and finance, and delivered platform changes that improved reliability while driving tens of millions in cost efficiencies.My path here wasn\'t typical: systems engineering → big data architecture → engineering leadership → product leadership. That technical foundation helps me go deep with engineers on distributed-systems tradeoffs while keeping leaders focused on outcomes.I work best at the intersection of platform scale, cost optimization, and regulated data — especially privacy-by-design and governance for AI and analytics.Always interested in connecting with teams tackling data platforms, governance, or privacy-by-design at scale.Core expertise: Data platforms • Data governance & privacy • Cloud migration & cost optimization • Platform product strategy • Scaling product organizations

Experience

1. Senior Product Director & Distinguished Fellow Trust & Privacy

   Indeed

   Apr 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Senior Product Director and Distinguished Fellow in Indeed’s Trust org, leading Product for Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). • Own strategy and roadmap for scalable privacy and data protection across data platforms and product teams. • Drive cross-functional execution across Engineering, Security, Legal, and Finance to modernize controls, operating models, and measurement. • Translate regulatory and trust requirements into platform-level capabilities that reduce friction while improving compliance posture. • Launched privacy-by-design guardrails for data owners and platforms (retention/TTL, access controls, policy enforcement) to reduce compliance risk at scale.

Education

• Technological University Dublin

  Electronic and Communications Engineering

  1995 — 1998

Skills

• Storage
• Enterprise Storage
• Cluster
• Data Warehousing
• Enterprise Software
• System Deployment
• Servers
• Iscsi
• Technical Project Leadership
• Disaster Recovery
• Saas
• Performance Tuning
• Software Development
• Storage Area Networks
• Virtualization
• Nas
• Team Leadership
• Fast Esp
• Databases
• Linux Server
• Networking
• Hp
• Oracle Rac
• Veritas Cluster Server
• High Availability
• Project Delivery
• Dell Poweredge Servers
• Bash
• Linux
• Linux System Administration
• Architectures
• Unix
• Hardware
• Problem Solving
• Vmware
• Hadoop
• Oracle
• Cloud Computing
• Server Architecture
• Veritas Volume Manager