Senior Staff Software Engineer, Data Governance & Metadata Systems
Marqeta · Remote · Remote - USA ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Senior Staff level
- Fully remote (US)
- Python + Java
- Data Governance focus
- Regulated environment
You will serve as the technical lead for the data governance platform, translating policy needs into enforceable engineering solutions. Working within the Data and ML team, you will define technical direction and partner with stakeholders to ensure compliance and quality standards are met across the organization.
What you'll do
- Design the data asset registry and control plane with the catalog as the primary interface
- Build contract models and CI modules to automatically check compliance rules
- Develop an emission framework to capture lineage, freshness, and completeness automatically
- Implement data quality frameworks defining check execution and failure impacts
- Create impact analysis tools over lineage graphs for regulatory requests
- Build tooling for data stewards to curate assets and manage remediation at volume
- Automate compliance controls for retention, residency, and evidence generation
What you'll need
- 8+ years in backend or infrastructure engineering with recent metadata work
- Experience building production control planes or policy engines for governance
- Deep proficiency in Python and proficiency in Java
- Fluent in infrastructure as code practices
- Ability to design check behaviors in CI and write paths for downstream consumers
- Proven track record of driving platform adoption without direct authority
- Experience making build versus buy decisions for long-term platform arcs
Nice to have
- Experience extending DataHub Cloud via plugins, APIs, or model changes
- Work with column-level lineage at scale using OpenLineage or similar
- Production experience with Iceberg, Snowflake, Airflow, Kafka, Flink, or Spark
- Background in regulated environments such as SOX or PCI-DSS
- Experience in payments or card issuing industries
Stack
- Python
- Java
- DataHub Cloud
- OpenLineage
- Iceberg
- Snowflake
- Airflow
- Kafka
- Flink
- Spark
- Kubernetes
How you'll work
- Fully remote within the United States
- Flexible First work policy
- Video interviews require camera on
What you get
- Base salary range $200,500 - $275,000 depending on location tier
- Annual performance and company success bonuses
- Multiple health insurance options
- Flexible time off policy
- Retirement savings program with company contribution
- Equity in a publicly-traded company and ESPP
- Family-forming benefits and generous parental leave
- Free therapy, financial coaching, and legal advice
- Monthly remote work stipend
- Annual development dollars for professional growth