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Staff Software Engineer - Data Governance

San Francisco HQ💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-09 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design and build distributed backend systems to enforce data governance, privacy commitments, and regulatory obligations at scale, ensuring verifiable data deletion, usage restrictions, and cataloging.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (Data Governance)

Builds

Distributed backend systems for data governance, privacy controls, and auditability

Domain

Fintech / Data Privacy & Compliance

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

Backend distributed systems design, Go/Java, Data store consistency, System reliability, Cross-team initiative leadership, Technical architecture, Stakeholder alignment, Failure mode analysis

Preferred skills

Data privacy/governance systems, GDPR/CCPA deletion, Data-use/consent enforcement, Data cataloging/classification, Auditing

Technologies

Go, Java

Responsibilities

Own the technical architecture for the data-governance platform; Lead design and delivery of multi-quarter cross-team initiatives; Drive design reviews and set engineering standards; Partner with Legal, Privacy, Security, and product-engineering teams; Mentor engineers and act as technical point of contact for governance concerns

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope

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