Sr. Data Governance Engineer

Overview

Utah-based hybrid position which will require some regular in-office days each week. Employment with Bamboo

HR is contingent on passing both a background and credit check.

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At Bamboo

HR, we’re focused on enabling people to do great work. We’re leveraging AI to streamline workflows and enable high-impact innovation. We seek curious, forward-thinking people who are ready to explore how AI can elevate their work and help reimagine the future of HR.

Essential Job Duties

At Bamboo

HR, we’re building a world where data helps people do their best work. As we grow our data platform and AI capabilities, we’re looking for a Senior Data Governance Engineer to ensure our data is trusted, well-defined, and ready to power better decisions across the company. If you enjoy solving messy data problems, clarifying complexity, and helping teams use data effectively—this role is for you.

You’ll be a key part of our Data Governance team, helping scale how we manage, define, and use data across Bamboo

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• Make Data More Trusted

  • Identify and resolve data quality issues across systems
  • Facilitate change control reviews to protect key data pathways
  • Analyze and validate data to ensure it’s accurate, complete, and consistent
  • Build AI agents to certify data assets

• Help Define “One Version of the Truth”

  • Partner with teams across the business to define and document key metrics and KPIs
  • Support data certification efforts so teams can rely on consistent, trusted data
  • Align reporting, dashboards, and semantic models to shared definitions

• Improve Data Discoverability

  • Contribute to our data catalog and KPI library hosted in Open Meta Data
  • Assist in the administration of data asset management tools and systems
  • Document data definitions, lineage, and ownership
  • Add context and annotations to make data easier to find, understand, and unlock AI use cases

• Support Data Governance Across the Company

  • Work with data stewards, business leaders, and technical teams to apply governance standards
  • Help scale governance practices across departments through data committees
  • Partner with Legal and Info Sec to ensure proper handling and protection of PII and sensitive data
  • Manage relationships with business, product, and engineering data owners
  • Partner with enterprise application owners to drive improvements to data sources, ensuring more accurate and reliable data

• Help Govern AI & Data-Powered Experiences

  • Support governance for AI-driven tools like data assistants, copilots, and agentic AI
  • Ensure AI systems use the right data, in the right way, with proper controls
  • Contribute to processes that make AI outputs more transparent, traceable, and trustworthy
  • Partner with platform and AI teams to align on responsible data usage

• Teams trust the data they’re using to make decisions
• Key metrics are clearly defined and consistently used
• Data is easier to find, understand, and use across the company
• Data quality issues are identified and resolved quickly
• AI-powered tools connect seamlessly with trusted data sources with proper guardrails

What You Need to Get the Job Done

• 5+ years of experience in data governance, data analytics, or related roles
• Strong SQL skills and experience working directly with data
• Experience improving data quality and working with large datasets
• Familiarity with data platforms (data warehouse, lakehouse, etc.)
• Familiarity with common enterprise applications and associated data domains
• Understanding of how metrics, reporting, and self-service analytics work
• Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate across teams
• B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics or related field

• Experience with data governance tools (i.e. Open Metadata, Collibra, Atlan, Informatica)
• Familiarity with Databricks, DBT, Snowflake, Claude code, Codex, Windsurfer
• Experience with data lineage, observability, or data quality tools
• Exposure to AI/ML systems or data products powered by AI
• Knowledge of data privacy and compliance requirements (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)

• A Great Company Culture that has been recognized by multiple organizations like Inc and Salt…