Staff Software Engineer

Strength in Trust OneTrust’s mission is to enable innovation through the responsible use of data and AI. We believe that ensuring data is trusted shouldn’t slow teams down—it should accelerate what’s possible. This led us to develop the first technology platform for responsible data use in 2016. Today, with AI representing the latest and most impactful expansion of data yet, OneTrust is once again redefining what responsible innovation looks like. OneTrust, the AI‑Ready Governance Platform™, unifies regulatory intelligence, automation, and connected governance workflows so businesses can continue to move at the speed of AI while ensuring good governance to prevent data misuse at scale. Trusted by thousands of organizations worldwide, OneTrust is shaping the future where trusted data becomes a transformative force for business and society. The Challenge We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead technical direction across a major feature area or system domain at OneTrust. Staff Engineers here own outcomes, not just designs; they decide how ambiguous, cross-cutting problems get solved when no existing playbook applies, and their judgment carries weight across teams they don't formally manage. Your Mission Technical Leadership & Architecture Lead architecture and design for systems with significant scope and blast radius, ensuring decisions hold up under real growth, compliance, and reliability constraints; not just initial requirements. Paying attention to application performance Exercise judgment on where AI-assisted tooling accelerates delivery and where deeper human design thinking is required Cross-Team Collaboration Partner with Product, UX, and other engineering teams early, shaping problems before solutions are locked in. Build working relationships and technical credibility beyond your immediate team. Quality & Standards Set engineering practices for code review norms, testing standards, and incident review rigor that outlast your direct involvement and get adopted by teams you don't sit on. Identify and address systemic risk (technical debt, architectural drift, single points of failure) before it becomes an incident. Mentorship Mentor Senior and mid-level engineers on technical judgment: how to scope ambiguity, when to escalate vs. decide, and how to use (and not over-rely on) AI tooling in their own work. Help engineers build the skill of writing decisions down clearly enough that others can disagree productively. You Are Someone who determines methods and approach independently on new, complex assignments, and who is sought out by other engineers for technical guidance beyond your own team. You think in terms of systems and tradeoffs, not just individual tickets. Your Experience Includes Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, Devin, Windsurf, or similar) in a professional setting, with genuine enthusiasm for applying AI to accelerate and elevate day-to-day engineering work. 8+ years of professional software engineering/development experience Extensive hands-on experience and expertise in object-oriented design methodology and application development using Java/J2EE, Design Patterns, DSA, Multithreading, Spring MVC, SQL, Web services. Experience with elastic search and data streaming tools like Kafka. Good understanding of web services and SOA related standards like REST/OAuth/JSON. Agile development (Scrum, XP, or Pair Programming) experience Ability to use a wide variety of open-source technologies and cloud services (Azure, Google Computer, or Amazon Web Services) Familiarity with public cloud providers such as (Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS) Proficiency in Kubernetes, including cluster deployment, scaling, and management is highly desirable. Where we Work We are embracing an office-first culture, encouraging three days a week in office for most roles, with meaningful opportunities to collaborate and celebrate in person. Each role may have specific requirements or flexibility depending on the scope of the position, so we encourage you to verify this with your recruiter during your first interview. Benefits As an employee at OneTrust , you will be part of the OneTeam . That means you’ll receive support physically, mentally, and emotionally so that you can do your best work both in and out of the office. This includes comprehensive healthcare coverage, flexible PTO, equity RSUs, annual performance bonus opportunities, retirement account support, 14+ weeks of paid