# Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering (Lawful Access)

**Company**: OpenAI
**Location**: Dublin
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: $293K – $405K
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124605186

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## Description

We are seeking a full-stack Software Engineer to build internal tools and data pipelines that power lawful data access request workflows and Legal Operations. You will work across product and data systems to make authorized retrieval and case handling accurate, efficient, and auditable.

**Responsibilities:**

- Design, build, and operate backend systems and workflow tooling for the full lifecycle of lawful data access requests.

- Build reliable data pipelines and interfaces across products and data stores.

- Implement least-privilege access, approval gates, provenance, audit trails, data minimization, and safe failure modes for sensitive workflows.

- Partner with Legal and Legal Operations to translate legal and operational requirements into clear technical designs and intuitive operator experiences.

- Identify responsible automation opportunities that reduce repetitive work while preserving human review, judgment, and accountability.

- Own production systems through testing, observability, incident response, documentation, and continuous reliability improvements.

- Help define the architecture and roadmap for reusable privacy and legal-infrastructure foundations.

**Requirements:**

- Experience building or operating systems for lawful data access requests.

- Strong backend engineering fundamentals and experience building production services or data-intensive systems.

- Ability to reason carefully about correctness, authorization, security, and privacy when working with sensitive data.

- A track record of turning ambiguous requirements into pragmatic plans and communicating technical tradeoffs clearly.

- End-to-end ownership, including operating what you build, and comfort learning unfamiliar products and domains.

- Care for operator experience and a drive to make complex workflows safer, clearer, and more efficient.

**Benefits:**

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family.

- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.

- Paid parental leave and paid medical and caregiver leave.

- 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.

- Mental health and wellness support.

- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.

- Annual learning and development stipend.

- Daily meals in our offices and meal delivery credits.

- Relocation support for eligible employees.

## Skills

### Required
- backend engineering
- data-intensive systems
- sensitive data handling
- least-privilege access
- approval gates
- provenance
- audit trails
- data minimization
- safe failure modes

### Nice to have
- lawful data access requests
- legal operations
- operator experience

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