Lead Data Governance Engineer

Canonical Ltd.
Barcelona, Spain
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
€ 90K

Job location

Remote
Barcelona, Spain

Tech stack

Data Governance
Identity and Access Management
Python
Software Engineering
SQL Databases

Job description

Lead design, implementation, and maintenance of data governance policies, processes, standards, and monitoring for Canonical's data mesh solution. Develop Python-based tooling to automate data mesh operations such as data labeling, quality metrics, access management, and security best practices. Responsibilities

  • Define, monitor, and enforce data governance policies.
  • Design, build, and maintain tooling for automated data mesh operations.
  • Deploy and operate services produced by the data governance team.
  • Coach, mentor, and provide career development feedback to team members, as appropriate.
  • Advocate and implement strong engineering and organizational practices., * Personal learning & development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
  • Annual compensation review.
  • Recognition rewards.
  • 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.

Requirements

  • Exceptional academic record from high school and university, or a compelling alternative narrative.
  • Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a relevant alternative path.
  • Proven ability to exceed expectations and achieve outstanding results.
  • Experience with data quality, governance, and security processes and tools.
  • Proficiency in software development with Python and SQL.
  • 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.

Nice-to-Have Skills

  • Performance engineering and security experience.
  • Experience with Airbyte, Ranger, Superset, Temporal, or Trino.

About the company

Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT initiatives across industry leaders worldwide., Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global transition to open source. By publishing Ubuntu and contributing to open-source ecosystems, we shape the future of software, AI, IoT, and cloud. Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination and celebrate diversity of experience, perspective, and background. #J-18808-Ljbffr Este empleo Media Nacional Media - Trabajos en informática Cataluña - Media Chief engineer

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