A Lead Data Governance Engineer responsible for developing and maintaining data governance policies, tools, and processes to ensure secure and compliant data management within a data mesh environment, primarily using open-source tools and automation in a remote, global team setting.
Key Responsibilities
Define, monitor, and execute data governance policies
Design, implement, and maintain tooling for automated data mesh operations
Deploy and operate data governance services and tools
Develop Python-based tooling for data labeling, quality metrics, and data security
Collaborate with teams to ensure data access management and compliance with regulatory frameworks
Requirements
A successful candidate will develop Python-based tooling to automate the operations of an internal data mesh solution such as data labeling and quality metrics in a data, access management and data security best practices.
Define, monitor, and execute data governance policies.
Design, implement, and maintain tooling for automated data mesh operations.
Deploy and operate services developed by the team.
Experience with data quality, governance, and security processes and tools.
Experience with software development in Python and SQL.
Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university or a compelling narrative about an alternative chosen path demonstrating relevant skills.
Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results.
Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills.
Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments.
Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long.
Benefits & Perks
Annual compensation review
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Program
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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