Principal Data Engineer – Governance & Compliance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in France.

📋 Description

• Develop a comprehensive understanding of Vibe’s primary data flows, sources of truth, and ownership structures.

• Assist in defining schemas, data contracts, documentation, and standards for data usage throughout the organization.

• Enhance data discoverability so teams can confidently recognize what data is available, its location, and how to utilize it.

• Establish practical standards concerning data quality, lineage, observability, and ownership.

• Define, uphold, and enforce data lifecycle policies.

• Assist teams in monitoring data costs and usage.

• Define and implement data compliance practices that align with Vibe’s business, partners, and regulatory requirements.

• Collaborate with Legal, Product, Security, and Engineering departments to evaluate the impact of new data sources, partnerships, and use cases.

• Clarify the permissible use of data, its storage requirements, and retention periods.

• Support Vibe's capability to engage confidently with premium publishers, enterprise advertisers, and strategic partners.

• Create guardrails instead of gatekeeping, allowing engineers and teams to move swiftly while making safe, compliant choices.

• Integrate governance and compliance into existing engineering workflows, tools, and architectural decisions.

• Assist Vibe in transitioning to a more security- and compliance-focused data culture.

• Identify significant risks, gaps, and opportunities, and outline a pragmatic roadmap to address them.

⛳️ Requirements

• Hands-on experience in constructing or managing large-scale data platforms.

• Strong practical knowledge of data governance, data quality, data contracts, lineage, access control, or compliance-focused data architecture.

• A proven history of implementing compliance frameworks in real engineering environments.

• Experience handling sensitive, regulated, or contractually restricted data.

• Ability to convert legal, compliance, security, and business requirements into actionable engineering solutions.

• Strong stakeholder management abilities across Engineering, Product, Legal, Security, and Analytics.

• Capability to function as a senior individual contributor with a high level of ownership and influence.

• Comfort with ambiguity, early-stage environments, and establishing structure where it is lacking.

• Located in Europe, or able to collaborate closely with European engineering teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Variable pay — determined by the objectives you achieve. No arbitrary targets.

• Hybrid flexibility — Our office is located in the heart of Paris, and our team meets three times a week.

• Health insurance — Full coverage provided by Alan.

• Meal vouchers — Provided via Swile.

• Annual offsite — The entire team gathers once a year at a destination worth the trip.

• Tech Syncs — Engineering and Product teams meet in person at least quarterly, worldwide.