Principal Data Engineer - Governance & Compliance at Vibe.co | AdTechTalent
Engineering5 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. Responsible for data governance, compliance, and building a structured, trusted, and scalable data foundation. Tasks include defining data flows, schemas, contracts, quality standards, lifecycle policies, and compliance aligned with regulatory and business needs. Requires hands-on experience with large-scale data platforms, data governance, compliance frameworks, and working with sensitive data. Must translate legal and business requirements into engineering solutions and manage stakeholders across departments. Benefits include variable pay, hybrid work in Paris, health insurance, meal vouchers, annual offsite, and quarterly tech syncs.
What you'll do
Build a clear understanding of Vibe’s key data flows, sources of truth, and ownership
Help define schemas, data contracts, documentation, and standards for data usage across the company
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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
Tech stack
AirflowDagsterdbtKafkaS3AthenaSnowflakeBigQuery
Benefits
Variable pay based on real Vibe business goalsHybrid flexibility - office in the heart of Paris, team in 3x a weekHealth insurance - full coverage via AlanMeal vouchers via SwileAnnual offsite for the whole teamTech Syncs - Engineering and Product meet in person at least quarterly worldwide
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