Data Governance Engineer

Data Governance Engineer Location: New York, NY or San Francisco, CA Pay: $110-120/hr Local Candidates Only; No Relocation US Citizens or GC Holders Only; No Visa Sponsorship Responsibilities: • Lead the technical rollout, configuration, and maintenance of modern data governance platform • Translate data governance frameworks and compliance rules into automated technical workflows, data quality checks, and monitoring systems • Build and maintain automated data lineage pipelines and metadata catalogs across various financial datasets • Implement data access controls, masking rules, and security tagging to ensure compliance with financial regulations • Partner with data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to embed data governance seamlessly into the existing modern data stack Qualifications: • Strong background in data engineering, data infrastructure, or a closely related DevOps/DataOps role • Hands-on experience with the technical rollout and administration of Atlan or similar enterprise data governance/catalog platforms (e.g., Alation, Collibra) • Strong proficiency in SQL and experience working with cloud data warehouses (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery) • Ability to write clean code (Python, Bash, etc.) to integrate governance tools via APIs and automate metadata ingestion