Staff Software Engineer

Company: OpenMined

About the Company: OpenMined is a nonprofit on a mission to build the public network for the world's non-public data—unlocking access to sensitive datasets for research, healthcare, policy, and beyond, in a privacy-preserving way. Backed by major foundations and global institutional partners. Fully remote team. Job Category: Software Engineering / Privacy Tech / AI Infrastructure

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Location: Remote — USA, Mexico, Canada, Colombia, Brazil, or Argentina

Application Link: https://apply.workable.com/openmined/j/0C52D130E3/

Posted: May 9, 2026

Job Description: A senior/staff-level engineering role building the public network for the world's non-public data. You'll work on the infrastructure that makes it possible to access and analyze sensitive data without ever exposing it—enabling 1,000,000x more research across healthcare, finance, government, and beyond.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and build core systems enabling privacy-preserving data access at scale
• Collaborate with a globally distributed, mission-driven team on technical architecture
• Contribute to open-source software that advances privacy-preserving AI and data infrastructure
• Work across systems including distributed networks, cryptography primitives, and data pipelines
• Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of technical rigor and ethical engineering

Requirements:

• Senior or Staff-level software engineering experience (5+ years)
• Strong systems engineering background — distributed systems, networking, or infrastructure
• Passion for the mission of democratizing access to non-public data in a privacy-preserving way
• Comfort working in a mission-driven, nonprofit, fully remote environment
• Experience with Python, Rust, or similar systems languages preferred