Staff Software Engineer - Developer Experience

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

Benefits offered by this job

Office-first culture

Comprehensive healthcare

Job summary

OneTrust is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead technical direction for Developer Experience in Atlanta. You will build platforms, tooling, and AI resources that help engineers deliver software with quality and speed.

You will mentor engineers, shape architecture with teams, and connect tools across source control, CI/CD, and cloud services to enable internal customers and adoption of best practices.

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 of leading technical initiatives across multiple engineers or systems.
• Deep expertise in frontend or backend technologies or both that support OneTrust’s platform.
• Experience with cloud architecture.
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools in a professional setting.
• Genuine interest in applying AI to accelerate and improve software delivery responsibly.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and architecture for major Developer Experience capabilities.
• Choose methods for complex and ambiguous assignments without a set playbook.
• Build and improve internal developer platforms, service catalogs, scorecards, self-service workflows, and integrations.
• Connect developer tools to source control, CI/CD, observability, identity, cloud, and work-management systems.
• Build and maintain practical AI tools, reusable skills, workflow integrations, and evaluation harnesses.
• Shape solutions with engineering teams and Architecture before implementation starts.
• Treat engineering teams as internal customers.
• Listen to their problems and explain trade-offs clearly.
• Help teams adopt the platforms, tools, and practices you build.
• Share knowledge through documentation, training sessions, and office hours.
• Define and track measures for adoption, task completion, developer feedback, and workflow improvement.
• Establish engineering practices that teams can adopt.
• Promote responsible AI use for quality, security, privacy, governance, and cost.

Skills

Technical leadership

Architecture design

Frontend/backend expertise

AI tooling experience

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

8+ years of professional software engineering experience

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

Codex

Devin

Windsurf

Backstage

Job description

Staff Software Engineer - Developer Experience

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

OneTrust is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help lead technical direction for Developer Experience. This role solves complex problems that affect multiple engineering teams. You will build platforms, workflows, tooling, and AI resources that help engineers find information, complete common tasks, and deliver software with quality and speed.

Staff Engineers choose the approach for complex and unclear work. Their technical judgment carries beyond their immediate team.

Your Mission

Technical Leadership and Architecture

• Lead design and architecture for major Developer Experience capabilities.
• Choose methods for complex and ambiguous assignments without a set playbook.
• Build and improve internal developer platforms, service catalogs, scorecards, self-service workflows, and integrations.
• Connect developer tools to source control, CI/CD, observability, identity, cloud, and work-management systems.
• Build and maintain practical AI tools, reusable skills, workflow integrations, and evaluation harnesses.
• Shape solutions with engineering teams and Architecture before implementation starts.

Developer Enablement and Adoption

• Treat engineering teams as internal customers.
• Listen to their problems and explain trade-offs in clear language .
• Help teams adopt the platforms, tools, and practices you build.
• Share knowledge through clear documentation, training sessions, and office hours.
• Define and track measures for adoption, task completion, developer feedback, and workflow improvement.

Responsible AI and Engineering Standards

• Establish engineering practices that teams can adopt.
• Promote responsible AI use for quality, security, privacy, governance, and cost.
• Set practical standards for permissions, telemetry, evaluation, and tool support.
• Keep a strong focus on outcomes for the engineering teams that use these platforms and resources.
• Partner with engineering teams and Architecture before implementation starts.
• Work with QA, SRE, InfoSec, IAM, and R&D Operations when an initiative needs their expertise .
• Build working relationships and technical credibility beyond your immediate team.
• Mentor Senior and mid-level engineers.
• Help engineers grow their technical judgment and scope of ownership.
• Help engineers use Developer Experience platforms and AI resources in their daily work.

You Are

• You think in systems and trade-offs, not individual tickets.
• You work well with complex and unclear problems.
• You make sound technical decisions without a set playbook.
• You gain trust through technical judgment and clear communication.
• You enjoy working with internal customers.
• You help other engineers adopt new tools and practices.

Your Experience Includes

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science , Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• A track record of leading technical initiatives across multiple engineers or systems.
• Deep expertise in frontend or backend technologies or both, that support OneTrust’s platform.
• Experience with cloud architecture.
• Hands‑on experience using AI‑assisted development tools, such as Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Devin, Windsurf, or similar tools, in a professional setting.
• Genuine interest in applying AI to accelerate and improve software delivery in a responsible way.

Preferred

• Experience building or operating software for engineering teams.
• Experience implementing or operating an internal developer portal, such as Backstage or a comparable platform.
• Experience with service catalogs, metadata standards, dependency views, engineering scorecards, scaffolding, or self‑service workflows.
• Experience integrating developer tools with source control, CI/CD, observability, identity, cloud, or work‑management systems.
• Experience taking an internal platform or engineering tool from design through rollout, support, and ongoing improvement.
• Experience writing technical documentation and helping engineers adopt new tools or practices.
• Experience building AI tools, reusable skills, workflow harnesses, evaluation workflows, or developer‑facing automation.
• Experience with identity, permissions, telemetry, governance, security, privacy, or cost controls for engineering tools.
• Language and platform polyglot, or polyglot curious.

What Success Looks Like

• Engineering teams find information and complete common tasks with less friction.
• Engineering teams adopt supported platforms, tools, and workflows.
• AI resources improve delivery while meeting quality, security, privacy, governance, and cost standards.
• Engineering practices spread beyond the immediate team.
• Engineers grow their technical judgment and scope of ownership.

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.

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