Full-Stack Engineer, Privacy & Legal Data Access

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

the company is seeking a full-stack Software Engineer to build internal tools and data pipelines that power lawful data access workflows and Legal Operations. You will work across product and data stores to make authorized retrieval accurate, auditable, and efficient.

This role suits someone who enjoys translating ambiguous operational requirements into durable systems, cares deeply about sensitive-data handling, and wants to improve both technical reliability and the day-to-day experience of

Qualifications

• Experience building or operating systems for lawful data access requests and understanding privacy/security constraints.
• Strong backend engineering fundamentals and experience building production services or data-intensive systems.
• Ability to translate ambiguous requirements into pragmatic plans and communicate technical tradeoffs clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend systems and workflow tooling for the full lifecycle of lawful data access requests, from intake and scoping through authorized retrieval, review, preparation, and audit.
• Build reliable data pipelines and interfaces across products and data stores so authorized teams can locate and handle the right records accurately and reproducibly.
• 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 as the company's products and obligations evolve.

Job description

the company is seeking a full-stack Software Engineer to build internal tools and data pipelines that power lawful data access workflows and Legal Operations. You will work across product and data stores to make authorized retrieval accurate, auditable, and efficient.

This role suits someone who enjoys translating ambiguous operational requirements into durable systems, cares deeply about sensitive-data handling, and wants to improve both technical reliability and the day-to-day experience of