Software Engineer, Data Governance
Superhuman · Seattle, WA · Today
Hybrid$220k–$290k/yrFull-time
About the role
The Opportunity
The Opportunity
The Opportunity
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience with large-scale distributed computing systems, with expertise in both data-intensive applications and data governance systems.
- 5+ years of experience running live production environments, including high-load systems or data-intensive workflows, with a focus on uptime and reliability.
- Excellent software engineering fundamentals, including a strong grasp of algorithms and data structures.
- Deep, hands-on experience with Spark and a modern lakehouse or cloud data warehouse (Databricks, Delta Lake, dbt, Snowflake, or similar).
- Experience designing scalable, secure, and maintainable data models and architectures, and understanding data governance and privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA.
- Perseverance when faced with tough technical problems.
- Strategic thinking, weighing building in-house against leveraging third-party solutions, balancing speed, scalability, and long-term viability.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, working well across diverse teams and stakeholders, translating business needs into robust solutions, and aligning everyone on technical goals.
- Independence in managing tasks and priorities across multiple projects, executing efficiently, collaborating across functions, and thriving in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.
Nice to have
- Experience with specific data governance systems, such as data deletion, purpose-based access controls, and data exports.
- Comfort with data lake and lakehouse technologies (for example, Delta Lake, Iceberg, or Hudi) and managing cloud infrastructure as code (for example, Terraform).
- Exposure to data classification mechanisms.
- Experience partnering with Legal, Privacy, and Trust teams as a strategic data partner to enhance governance and privacy posture.
Benefits
- Excellent health care (including a wide range of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and fertility benefits)
- Disability and life insurance options
- 401(k) matching
- Paid parental leave
- 20 days of paid time off per year, 12 days of paid holidays per year, two floating holidays per year, and flexible sick time
- Generous stipends (including those for caregiving, pet care, wellness, your home office, and more)
- An annual professional development budget and opportunities