Lead Data Governance Engineer

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Lead Data Governance Engineer

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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 breakthrough enterprise initiatives across public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT.

The Data Governance team in the Commercial Systems unit has a mission to enable secure and well-governed access to comprehensive data sets from many internal and external sources formed in a data mesh. The team works with open-source data governance tools and defines data governance processes to democratize data at Canonical.

Location : This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

Responsibilities

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

Depending on your seniority, coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback

Develop and evangelize engineering and organizational practices

What we are looking for in you

Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university

Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about an alternative path

Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results

Experience with data quality, governance, and security processes and tools

Experience with software development in 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

What we offer colleagues

Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person

Personal learning and 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

Travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About Canonical Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. We publish Ubuntu and recruit on a global basis, aiming for excellence in all we do. Most colleagues have worked from home since our inception in 2004.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Seniority level : Mid-Senior level

Employment type : Full-time

Job function : Information Technology

Industries : Software Development

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