Principal Data Engineer - Governance & Compliance at Vibe.co | AdTechTalent
Engineering3 months agoRemote
Vibe.co
Principal Data Engineer - Governance & Compliance
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Key details
Salary
Not specified
Employment type
Full-time
Seniority
Senior
Years experience
5-10
Location
Paris, France
Full job description
Senior individual contributor role embedded in Engineering, partnering with Data Platform, Analytics, Product, and Legal teams. Focus on data governance, compliance, and scaling data assets for premium publishers and enterprise advertisers. Responsibilities include defining data flows, schemas, contracts, quality standards, lifecycle policies, and compliance aligned with regulatory and business needs. Build guardrails for safe, compliant engineering decisions and embed governance into workflows. Requires hands-on experience with large-scale data platforms, data governance, compliance frameworks, and working with sensitive data. Strong stakeholder management and ability to operate with high ownership in early-stage environments. Based in Europe or able to work closely with European teams. Benefits include variable pay, hybrid work with office presence 3x a week in Paris, health insurance, meal vouchers, annual offsite, and quarterly tech syncs.
What you'll do
Build clear understanding of key data flows, sources of truth, and ownership
Define schemas, data contracts, documentation, and standards for data usage
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Requirements
Hands-on experience building or operating large-scale data platforms
Strong practical experience with data governance, data quality, data contracts, lineage, access control, or compliance-oriented data architecture
Proven track record implementing compliance frameworks in real engineering systems
Experience working with sensitive, regulated, or contractually constrained data
Ability to translate legal, compliance, security, and business requirements into practical engineering solutions
Strong stakeholder management skills across Engineering, Product, Legal, Security, and Analytics
Ability to operate as a senior individual contributor with high ownership and strong influence
Comfort with ambiguity, early-stage environments, and building structure where it does not yet exist
Based in Europe, or able to work closely with European engineering teams
Tech stack
AirflowDagsterdbtKafkaS3AthenaSnowflakeBigQuery
Benefits
Variable pay based on objectivesHybrid flexibility with 3x a week in Paris officeFull health insurance coverage via AlanMeal vouchers via SwileAnnual offsite for the whole teamQuarterly Engineering and Product Tech Syncs worldwide
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