Senior SWE at Osano – AI + Privacy SaaS Growth Role

Osano; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly work model

Equity opportunities

MacBook + home workspace stipend

Annual company trip

Mental health benefits

Job summary

Osano seeks a Senior Software Engineer to own meaningful parts of the platform end to end, from product scoping to production. The role emphasizes AI tooling as a force multiplier, responsible coding, and mentoring teammates.

You will work across React front end, Node.js services, PostgreSQL data stores, and AWS infrastructure, in a fully remote US-based role. Collaboration with Product, Design, QA, and Security is central to success.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building and shipping production software.
• Track record of leading multi-sprint projects from design to production.
• Strong system design fundamentals: data modeling, API design, and naming the tradeoffs.
• Experience owning production systems: on-call, incident response, observability.
• Hands-on, day-to-day use of AI coding tools with concrete examples and verification.
• Mentoring engineers.
• Strong written communication in a remote, async environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-sprint projects from design through rollout with clear plans and measurable outcomes.
• Design scalable systems and write design docs and decision records.
• Partner with Product on scope, MVP cuts, phasing and tradeoffs, and measure customer impact.

Skills

AI workflows

Privacy-by-design

Full-stack ownership

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

Copilot

React

Node.js

PostgreSQL

AWS

Job description

Senior SWE at Osano – AI + Privacy SaaS Growth Role in Dublin

This is a high-ownership senior IC role at a funded, mission-driven SaaS company with a clear niche in the fast-growing data privacy market. The B-Corp status and consistent "Great Place to Work" recognition (4 years, 97% approval) are meaningful green flags for culture.

Compensation context: No salary is listed, which is a yellow flag for transparency. For a Senior Software Engineer with 5+ years at a US-based SaaS company, market rates typically range from $150,000–$200,000+ annually (Levels.fyi/Glassdoor benchmarks). Equity is mentioned, which is meaningful at a growth-stage company with strong VC backing (Baird Capital, Jump Capital, LiveOak).

Skills you'll build here are highly marketable:

• AI-augmented engineering workflows (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) — a rapidly differentiating skill in the 2024–2025 market.
• Privacy-by-design and compliance engineering (GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2) — niche but commanding a premium as privacy regulation expands globally.
• Full-stack ownership (React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS) with production operations experience.

Green flags: async-first culture, well-defined career paths, growth conversations built into 1:1s, and genuine mentorship expectations signal a company that invests in engineers rather than just extracting output.

Watch for: On-call rotation and 2 a.m. production ownership expectations are real commitments. The role suits engineers who want broad ownership, not those seeking narrow specialization. Interview depth on AI tooling usage suggests a differentiating bar — come with specific, concrete examples.

This role may require in-person interview/s in Austin, Texas

Osano is an innovative B-Corporation built around a simple belief: privacy is a fundamental right. Since day one, we've been focused on giving modern enterprises the ability to innovate quickly, stay competitive, and earn customer trust by respecting data privacy and complying with consent guidelines. Our products help organizations operate confidently in a rapidly evolving regulatory and technological landscape.

About The Role:

We're looking for a product-minded Senior Software Engineer to own meaningful parts of the Osano platform end to end, from shaping a problem with Product to running the result in production.

This role is for an engineer who treats AI tooling as a real force multiplier. You use coding agents and AI-assisted workflows to explore unfamiliar code faster, ship more, and remove repetitive work. You also have the judgment to verify everything that goes out under your name. We want someone whose impact goes beyond what they write by hand, and who helps the engineers around them do the same.

You'll work across our React front end, Node.js services, PostgreSQL data stores, and AWS infrastructure. You'll partner closely with Product, Design, QA, and Security.

This is a remote role. You must be based in, and authorized to work in, the United States.

What you'll do:

Build and ship product, end to end

• Lead multi-sprint projects from design through rollout: turn a loosely defined problem into a plan, break it into work that you and others can action, and deliver close to estimate.
• Design systems that hold up, and write design docs and decision records that weigh the alternatives.
• Partner with Product on scope: propose MVP cuts, phasing and tradeoffs, and measure whether we shipped actually helped customers.

Engineer with AI to multiply your impact

• Use AI coding agents and assistants across the whole development lifecycle: exploring codebases, scaffolding, writing tests, debugging, refactoring, migrations, and code review.
• Stay accountable for every line you ship. You understand and can explain AI-generated code, and you know where AI shouldn't be trusted.
• Turn repetitive engineering work into automation: scripts, agent workflows, and checks that save your team time every week.
• Share what works: help define how our teams use AI tools, and how we review and verify AI-assisted work.
• Use AI responsibly. Customer and personal data stays out of AI tools except through approved, privacy-safe paths. This is non-negotiable at a privacy company.

Own what you ship in production

• Build observability, feature flags, and rollback paths into your work from the start.
• Take turns on our triage and on-call rotation. Lead incident response for your team's systems, and see postmortem follow-ups through to completion.
• Identify tech debt, size it, and make the case to get it into the plan.

Build with privacy and security by design

• Apply data minimization, residency, retention, and access controls to the systems you design, especially those that handle customer and personal data.
• Write secure code and fix vulnerabilities in your area as part of normal work.

Raise the bar and grow others

• Give code and design reviews that change outcomes, not just approvals.
• Mentor engineers earlier in their careers, and make your team better at testing, reviewing, and operating software.
• Interview candidates and help us hire well.

About you:

• Delightful Experience. You care about the customer problem, not just the ticket, and you push for what actually helps.
• Own Your Impact. You take full responsibility for outcomes, from the first design doc to how the feature behaves in production at 2 a.m.
• Stronger Together. You put team success ahead of individual wins, give direct and kind feedback, and treat documentation and async communication as first-class work.
• Growth Mindset. You're curious and keep learning, especially as AI changes how software gets built. You're excited about what it can do without overselling it or ignoring its limits.
• You're comfortable with ambiguity and create clarity for others through good design and clear writing.

Must-haves:

• Typically 5+ years building and shipping production software. We care more about what you've owned than the number of years.
• A track record of leading multi-sprint projects from design to production in a team setting.
• Strong system design fundamentals: data modeling, API design, and naming the tradeoffs.
• Experience owning production systems: on-call, incident response, observability.
• Hands-on, day-to-day use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot, with concrete examples of how they made you or your team more effective, and how you verify their output.
• Experience mentoring other engineers.
• Strong written communication in a remote, async environment.

Nice-to-haves:

• AWS experience (ECS/Fargate, Lambda, S3, RDS), especially multi-region or data-residency work.
• Privacy, security, or compliance-sensitive B2B SaaS (GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2).
• Building AI-powered automations, agent workflows, or LLM-based product features.
• Data and analytics tooling (Redshift, Athena) or event-driven architectures.
• CI/CD, preview/ephemeral environments, end-to-end testing (Cypress).

How we work:

• Fully remote, with at least four hours of overlap each day with your team's core hours.
• Collaborative and video-on for meetings, async-first for everything else. Bring people in when they are needed and share what you're working on with the team.
• Regular 1:1 check-ins with your manager, with a focus on growth conversations.

Why Us:

• We're a welcoming team that's dependable, curious, moves fast, and full of talented people.
• We're a B-Corporation with a mission that matters, in a high-growth space with significant potential.
• You'll have access to our training program, well-defined career paths, and a leadership team that values professional development.
• Competitive pay, compensation, and ownership interest/equity
• Unlimited paid time off, plus a requirement to take at least two weeks off per year
• Best Place for Working Parents — paid parental leave for all new parents
• Osano sponsors individual premiums at 100% and dependent premiums at 50% for Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance via Aetna
• Fully and permanently remote — work from anywhere in the U.S.
• MacBook provided plus $600 to craft your home workspace
• Annual company trip designed to foster connection, creativity, and fun
• Mental health benefits with free memberships to mindfulness and talk therapy services

A Bit More About Osano:

Osano is a leading data privacy platform that helps organizations quickly and confidently comply with laws like GDPR, CCPA, and other global privacy regulations. From consent management to vendor risk monitoring, Osano makes complex privacy tasks refreshingly simple, so companies can focus on what they do best, while we handle the rest.

We're backed by top-tier investors including Baird Capital, Jump Capital, and LiveOak, and we're scaling fast with a multi-year runway and ambitious growth plans. We've also been recognized as a Great Place to Work for four years running, with 97% of employees saying Osano is a great place to work.

As we grow, we're looking for individuals who lean into modern technologies and smarter systems to drive efficiency, clarity, and speed — both in our product and in how we operate. If you're excited by the idea of helping build a high-growth, privacy-first company that embraces thoughtful automation, emerging tech, and intentional collaboration, we’d love to hear from you.

Osano is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Is this role truly fully remote or are there office requirements? The role is fully and permanently remote across the United States. However, in-person interviews in Austin, Texas may be required during the hiring process, and there is an annual company trip. What are the core hours or timezone requirements for this position? Osano requires at least four hours of daily overlap with your team's core hours. The company is async‑first for most work, with video‑on meetings when synchronous collaboration is needed. Is there salary information available for this role? No specific salary range is listed in the job posting. Osano does mention competitive pay and equity/ownership interest as part of the compensation package. Do I need prior experience with AI coding tools to apply? Yes — hands‑on, day‑to‑day use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot is listed as a must‑have requirement, including concrete examples of how you've used them effectively and how you verify their output. Can candidates outside the United States apply for this role? No. Osano explicitly requires that candidates be based in and legally authorized to work in the United States.

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