About this role
OpenAI has a vacancy for the role of Software Engineer - Privacy & Compliance in San Francisco. This is a full-time position. The listing was posted on Oct 17, 2025. PakkiNaukri collects this listing from the employer's own posting and re-checks it — the employer's full description and the application itself are on the original listing, linked from this page.
From the employer's listing (short excerpt)
We’re looking for a Software Engineer to architect and build backend systems that enforce data privacy and automate compliance at scale. You’ll work closely with product, infrastructure, security, and legal teams to embed privacy-by-design into our data and access layers.
This is a hands-on, high-impact role for an experienced engineer who is passionate about protecting user data while enabling innovation.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Design, build, and operate backend services that enforce policy-driven data access, lifecycle controls, and privacy protections.
- Develop distributed authorization and identity-aware enforcement mechanisms integrated directly into data services and control planes.
- Implement auditability, policy hooks, and enforcement observability to ensure compliance is continuously verifiable.
- Partner with Security, Legal, and Compliance to convert privacy requirements into scalable technical designs and developer-friendly APIs.
- Harden data platforms and backend services through schema-level controls and data handling constraints by default.