About the role
The Challenge
We're looking for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to shape technical strategy across multiple teams or a full product area at OneTrust. Senior Staff Engineers are a recognized technical authority whose decisions on architecture and direction extend well beyond their immediate team.
Your Mission
Strategy & Architecture
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Define technical direction and architecture for a product area spanning multiple teams.
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Act independently on significant, unique problems that require evaluating intangible or unprecedented factors.
Cross-Functional Influence
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Partner with Staff and Principal-level peers, and with Product/UX leadership, to align technical roadmap with business strategy.
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Build formal cross-group networks; serve as a recognized authority beyond your own team.
Standards & Quality
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Establish engineering standards that get adopted org-wide within your domain.
Mentorship & Talent Growth
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Mentor Staff Engineers and contribute to technical leveling and promotion calibration.
You Are
Someone who acts independently on high-ambiguity, high-stakes technical initiatives, and who other engineers seek out before making related decisions. You balance deep technical expertise with the judgment to know when a problem needs broader alignment.
Your Experience Includes
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Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- Experience with Java and backend application development, including designing, building, and operating distributed systems at scale.
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12+ years of professional software engineering experience
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Demonstrated track record shaping architecture or technical direction across multiple teams
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Experience mentoring senior engineers and contributing to technical leveling decisions
- Identity & Access Management (IAM) experience would be a good addition.
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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.