Senior Data Developer, Governance

TL;DR

Senior Data Developer, Governance (Lakehouse): Own and evolve the governance foundation underpinning the data platform, product, and internal analytics with an accent on quality, access, classification, discoverability, lineage, retention, and compliance. Focus on defining standards, building data contracts, automated quality checks, observability tooling, access controls, metadata catalog, and lifecycle management.

Location: Montreal, Toronto

Company

World's leading AI-powered maintenance and asset management platform serving 13,000+ customers including Duracell, Shell, Cintas, and Brenntag.

What you will do

• Own and evolve the data governance framework across the data platform, including quality, access, discoverability, retention, classification, residency, compliance, and lifecycle
• Define and enforce data quality standards; build and maintain data contracts, automated quality checks, and data observability tooling
• Manage data access controls (Unity Catalog, RBAC, row/column-level security, service principal management)
• Own data retention and residency policies; implement lifecycle management
• Build and maintain the metadata and catalog layer for data discoverability and lineage
• Partner with governance teams to translate compliance requirements into data platform controls

Requirements

• Experience building data governance programs in a modern cloud lakehouse environment
• Hands-on experience with data quality and observability tooling
• Experience with access control patterns in cloud data platforms (RBAC, row/column-level security)
• Experience implementing compliance requirements end-to-end (SOC2, FedRAMP, GDPR) from policy to platform controls
• Comfortable driving standards, building frameworks, and influencing practices cross-functionally without direct authority
• Strong opinions about data contracts and producer/consumer accountability
• Strong opinions about decentralized data governance

Nice to have

• Experience implementing data governance within Databricks (Unity Catalog)
• Experience implementing data governance in both product and internal contexts (customer-owned vs. hirify.global-owned data)
• Familiarity with data mesh principles and domain-oriented data ownership

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity opportunities
• Healthcare, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) / RRSP enrollment program
• Take what you need PTO
• Work alongside global team reflecting Smart Humble Optimist values
• Meritocracy where ideas and effort are publicly celebrated