Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering (Lawful Access)
OpenAI · San Francisco
Frontier labonsite$347k–$385k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build secure systems for full lifecycle of lawful data access requests.
- Turn complex legal workflows into auditable tools with strong privacy controls.
- Partner with Legal to automate sensitive retrieval with human oversight.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
Full-stack engineer who cares deeply about sensitive-data handling and thrives turning ambiguous operational needs into reliable, auditable systems with clear human oversight.
Requirements
- Experience building or operating systems for lawful data access requests
- Strong backend engineering fundamentals with production services or data-intensive systems
- Ability to reason about correctness, authorization, security and privacy with sensitive data
- Track record turning ambiguous requirements into pragmatic plans
- End-to-end ownership including operating what you build
- Experience collaborating across Engineering, Legal, Privacy and Security stakeholders
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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