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Software Engineer, Privacy Infrastructure

United States, San Francisco 230000.00 - 325000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 21, 2026
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OpenAI’s Privacy Engineering team sits at the intersection of Security, Privacy, Legal, and Core Infrastructure. Our mission is to build data infrastructure and systems to support our privacy, legal, and security teams—securely, quickly, and at scale. Our guiding principles include: defensibility by default, enabling researchers, preparing for future transformative technologies, and building a robust security culture. We’re looking for a Software Engineer who can design and operate technical systems that support legal compliance workflows, including secure data processing and document review. You’ll partner daily with Legal, Security, IT, and partner engineering teams to turn legal processes into concrete technical workflows. This role is ideal for an engineer who loves large‑scale data problems and understands the rigor required when the results may be scrutinized.

Job Responsibility

  • Design and operate data storage pipelines that can operate at scale
  • Build search & discovery services (e.g., Spark/Databricks, index layers, metadata catalogs) based on the needs of partner teams
  • Automate secure data transfers—encrypting, checksumming, and auditing exports to reviewers
  • Stand up locked‑down compute environments that balance usability with security controls
  • Instrument monitoring and KPIs that maintain accountability of data holds and productions
  • Collaborate cross‑functionally to codify SOPs, threat models, and chain‑of‑custody documentation that withstand scrutiny

Requirements

  • Have hands‑on experience building or operating large‑scale data‑lake or backup systems (Azure, AWS, GCP)
  • Know your way around Terraform or Pulumi, CI/CD, and can turn ad‑hoc legal requests into repeatable pipelines
  • Comfortable working with discovery workflows (legal holds, enterprise document collections, secure review) or eager to build expertise quickly
  • Able to communicate technical concepts — from storage governance to block-ID APIs — clearly to teams such as Legal, Engineering, and others
  • Have shipped secure solutions that balance speed, cost, and evidentiary defensibility—and can articulate the trade‑offs
  • Communicate crisply, document rigorously, and enjoy working across disciplines under tight deadlines

What we offer

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
  • Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided
  • Offers Equity
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