Staff Software Engineer - Consent & Preferences

Onetrust-; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

OneTrust seeks a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Consent & Preferences team in Atlanta, GA. The role owns technical direction, architecture, and cross-team collaboration to scale a privacy‑tech platform used by thousands of organizations.

You will mentor engineers, shape engineering standards, and apply AI‑assisted tooling to accelerate delivery while maintaining reliability and security in a SaaS environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Deep expertise in frontend and/or backend technologies relevant to OneTrust's platform, including cloud architecture experience.
• Experience with CI/CD and orchestration frameworks.
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools in a professional setting, with enthusiasm for applying AI to engineering work.
• Demonstrated track record leading technical initiatives spanning multiple engineers or systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design for systems with significant scope and blast radius, ensuring decisions hold up under growth, compliance, and reliability constraints.
• Paying attention to application performance.
• Exercise judgment on where AI-assisted tooling accelerates delivery and where deeper human design thinking is required.
• 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.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers on technical judgment and how to use AI tooling effectively.

Skills

Leadership

Architecture

CI/CD

AI tooling

Cloud architecture

Frontend/Backend

Mentoring

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Claude Code

Devin

Windsurf

Job description

Staff Software Engineer - Consent & Preferences

Atlanta, Georgia

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'relooking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead technical directionfor our Consent & Preference teamatOneTrust. 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 theydon'tformally 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 justinitialrequirements.
• Paying attention to application performance
• Exercise judgment on where AI-assisted tooling accelerates delivery and where deeper human design thinking is required
• 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 youdon'tsit on.
• Identify and address systemic risk (technical debt, architectural drift, single points of failure) before it becomes an incident.
• Mentor Senior and mid-level engineers on technical judgment: how to scope ambiguity, when to elevate 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 whodeterminesmethods 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

• Bachelor's orMaster'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
• Experience with CI/CD and orchestration frameworks
• 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.

Nice‑to‑Have

• Experience with Java/Spring Boot andmicroservicesarchitectures.
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud‑native platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience building SaaS products at scale.

For California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, and Washington‑based candidates: the annual base pay range for this role is listed below. Within this range, individual pay is determined by several factors, including location, job‑related skills, work experience, and relevant education and/or training. This role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, equity, and/or commissions, as well as benefits.

Salary Range

$139,725 - $209,588 USD

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.

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 parental leave, career development opportunities, company‑paid privacy certification exam fees, and much more. Specific benefits differ by country. For more information, talk to your recruiter or visit onetrust.com/careers.

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Our Commitment to You

When you join OneTrust you are stepping onto a launching pad — the countdown has begun. The destination? A career without boundaries working alongside a diverse and inclusive crew who is passionate about doing meaningful work. As a pioneer, your voice and expertise will help chart the direction of an entirely new category. Our commitment to putting people first starts with you. Your growth is part of the mission. Our goal is to give you the power to embark on the next phase of your uniquely, unique career.

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.

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