Senior Privacy Data Governance Engineer

Slope; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to drive the architecture and execution of user data governance. Based in San Francisco, you will define direction, build shared platforms, and lead cross-functional programs to make data flows discoverable and policies enforceable.

This role suits a senior engineer who can move between deep systems design and organization-wide influence, translating ambiguous requirements into pragmatic roadmaps while operating high-trust systems end to end.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical strategy and architecture for user data governance across data mapping, classification, lineage, retention, deletion, access, and permitted usage.
• Design and build shared services, APIs, metadata systems, and policy-enforcement mechanisms that make governance controls consistent, scalable, and auditable.
• Establish reliable inventories of user data, system ownership, data flows, and policy applicability across products, infrastructure, analytics, and research systems.
• Partner with Product, Data, Infrastructure, Security, and Legal leaders to define decision rights, translate requirements into controls, and drive adoption across teams.
• Own governance systems in production through measurable controls, observability, migrations, exception handling, incident response, and continuous improvement.

Job description

OpenAI is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to drive the architecture and execution of user data governance. Based in San Francisco, you will define direction, build shared platforms, and lead cross-functional programs to make data flows discoverable and policies enforceable.

This role suits a senior engineer who can move between deep systems design and organization-wide influence, translating ambiguous requirements into pragmatic roadmaps while operating high-trust systems end to end.