Senior Software Engineer, Data Governance
MixpanelFull Time
Senior (5 to 8 years)
Candidates should have hands-on experience with data governance, including catalogs, glossaries, metadata frameworks, or privacy tooling. Proficiency in Python and SQL, with a solid understanding of relational schema design and access control practices is required. Familiarity with AWS environments and experience supporting scalable data infrastructure is also necessary, along with a strategic mindset focused on enabling business value while enforcing data trust and compliance. The ability to translate governance requirements into technical architecture and scalable tools is essential, as is curiosity to explore how governance enables AI and analytics across teams.
The Senior Data Engineer will design and deliver metadata systems and integrations that drive the data catalog, business glossary, and semantic layer. They will build APIs, tools, and automation to enforce privacy, compliance, and masking standards, protecting PII and supporting frameworks like CCPA. This role involves collaborating across Engineering, Compliance, IT, and Data Platform teams to embed governance and access controls into platforms such as Snowflake and Databricks. Responsibilities also include defining data quality rules, implementing monitoring strategies, establishing escalation workflows, and providing technical leadership on lineage, metadata, and data usage best practices. Evaluating and implementing third-party tools and custom solutions that scale data governance across the organization is also a key duty, as is partnering with stakeholders to ensure governance supports both compliance and innovation, including responsible AI enablement.
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