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Software Engineer - Privacy & Compliance

OpenAI · San Francisco · Seattle

CHECKED 36M AGO

Frontier labonsitesenior$230k–$385k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Architect backend systems that enforce data privacy at scale.
  • Embed privacy-by-design into data and access layers.
  • Make compliance continuously verifiable via auditability.

What they offer

  • equity

Ideal candidate

Experienced backend engineer passionate about protecting user data while enabling innovation. Thrives collaborating across product, security and legal to deliver practical, impactful privacy solutions.

Requirements

  • 5+ years building and operating backend or infrastructure systems in production
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals with fluency in Python, Go, Rust, C++, Java or similar
  • Experience with distributed authorization, RBAC/ACL, encryption-based access, or policy engines
  • Familiarity with global privacy regulations and their architectural implications
  • Ability to collaborate and influence across legal, compliance, product, and engineering
  • Bias toward practical solutions balancing privacy protections with product needs

Lab profile

About OpenAI

Builds safe frontier AI models and products like ChatGPT for broad benefit.

What they build

  • ChatGPT
  • OpenAI API
  • Frontier AI models

Known for

  • Frontier-scale distributed ML training
  • Massive GPU fleet and data center operations
  • Exabyte-scale data lakes and streaming
  • AI alignment and safety research

Key facts

  • Operates one of the world's largest GPU fleets
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