Staff Software Engineer- BE

Segment (Twilio); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

comprehensive healthcare coverage

flexible PTO

equity RSUs

annual performance bonus opportunities

retirement account support

14+ weeks of paid parental leave

career development opportunities

privacy certification fees

and much more

Job summary

OneTrust is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in Bengaluru to lead technical direction across major features, shaping solutions from architecture to delivery. You will set approach on complex work and mentor engineers, while partnering with Product and UX to ensure scalable outcomes.

The role emphasizes system thinking, collaboration, and adherence to engineering best practices, with an office-first, hybrid work model and AI-driven development approaches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Demonstrated track record leading technical initiatives that span multiple engineers or systems.
• Deep expertise in frontend and/or backend technologies relevant to OneTrust's platform, including cloud architecture experience.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and architecture for major features or components, ensuring alignment with the broader system architecture.
• Determine approach and methods independently on complex, ambiguous assignments without an established playbook.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner with other engineering teams, Product, and UX to shape solutions before implementation begins.
• Build working relationships and technical credibility beyond your immediate team.
• Quality & Standards: Establish and champion engineering best practices adopted by your team and beyond.
• Mentorship: Mentor Senior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow their technical judgment and scope of ownership.

Skills

Tech leadership

Architecture

Frontend/backend

Cloud experience

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Claude Code

Devin

Windsurf

Job description

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 help lead technical direction across a major feature area or set of related systems at OneTrust. Staff Engineers determine their own approach on complex, often ambiguous assignments, and their technical judgment is trusted well beyond their immediate team.

Your Mission

Technical Leadership & Architecture Lead design and architecture for major features or components, ensuring alignment with the broader system architecture.

Determine approach and methods independently on complex, ambiguous assignments without an established playbook.

Cross-Team Collaboration Partner with other engineering teams, Product, and UX to shape solutions before implementation begins.

Build working relationships and technical credibility beyond your immediate team.

Quality & Standards Establish and champion engineering best practices adopted by your team and beyond.

Mentorship Mentor Senior and mid-level engineers, helping them grow their technical judgment and scope of ownership.

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

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Demonstrated track record leading technical initiatives that span multiple engineers or systems
• Deep expertise in frontend and/or backend technologies relevant to OneTrust's platform, including cloud architecture experience
• 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.

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.

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.

• comprehensive healthcare coverage
• flexible PTO
• equity RSUs
• annual performance bonus opportunities
• retirement account support
• 14+ weeks of paid parental leave
• career development opportunities
• company-paid privacy certification exam fees
• and much more

Specific benefits differ by country.

Your Data

You have the right to have your personal data updated or removed. You also have the right to have a copy of the information OneTrust holds about you. Further details about these rights are available in our Privacy Overview. You can change your mind at any time and have your personal data removed from our database. In order to do this you must contact us and let us know you wish to be removed. The request should be made on the Data Subject Request Form.

Equal Opportunity

OneTrust provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.