Kapitus is hiring a Lead Data Governance Platform Engineer to serve as the hands-on owner of our data governance tools, primarily the Atlan Data Catalog. This foundational role will build our metadata, lineage, and data quality capabilities to foster a data-driven culture across the organization.
What You'll Do
- Administer and maintain the Atlan Data Catalog, including user onboarding, role configuration, data asset management, and source system integrations.
- Design, implement, and continuously evolve Kapitus’s Atlan metamodel, including custom asset types, properties, relationship models, classification taxonomy, and business glossary structure.
- Partner with Data Engineering, Analytics, Product, and business data stewards to ingest and curate technical and business metadata.
- Implement data quality monitoring frameworks, configure DQ rules, manage workflows, and coordinate with teams to track and resolve data issues.
- Build dashboards to report data quality KPIs, governance effectiveness, and catalog adoption metrics.
- Develop repeatable processes, playbooks, and automation scripts for catalog administration, metadata ingestion, and DQ monitoring.
- Enable AI/ML initiatives by ensuring trustworthy, well-documented, and governed training data, feature stores, and model lineage.
- Support the development of data governance policies, definitions, and stewardship workflows by providing tooling expertise and operational insight.
- Contribute to building the data governance operating model and maturing Kapitus’s overall data management capabilities.
What We're Looking For
- 8-10+ years of experience in data engineering, BI engineering, data governance operations, or a similar role.
- Hands-on experience with data catalog or metadata management tools (Atlan preferred; Collibra, Alation, or Informatica acceptable).
- Familiarity with data quality frameworks and DQ tooling.
- Strong SQL skills.
- Experience building dashboards and operational reporting in Tableau, Power BI, or other analytics tools.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with both technical and business stakeholders.
Nice to Have
- Experience working with modern data stacks (Snowflake, dbt, Five Tran, etc.).
- Experience in regulated or data-intensive environments (finance/lending a plus).
Technical Stack
- Atlan Data Catalog
- SQL
- Snowflake
- dbt
- Five Tran
- Tableau
- Power BI
- Looker
Team & Environment
Partners with Data Engineering, Analytics, Product, and business data stewards.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $96,300-$154,400
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and employer-paid vision plans through UnitedHealthcare (UHC).
- 100% company-paid basic short-term and long-term disability insurance and vision insurance.
- Voluntary supplemental life insurance, enhanced short- and long-term disability coverage, and Colonial Accident and Hospitalization insurances.
- Paid maternity and parental leave beyond state-mandated policies.
- LifeBalance Program offering discounts on outdoor activities, arts, health, fitness, pet and car insurance, financial services, and a subscription to The Calm App.
- Plum Benefits Discount Program for shows, travel, car rentals, and more.
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,000 annually plus conference and career development opportunities.
- Transit reimbursement for all work-related travel.
- Paid Time Off and Sick Time.
- 401K plan managed through Fidelity with a 25% match on employee contributions.
Work Mode
This is a remote role. Consideration will be given to qualified remote candidates residing in states where Kapitus and/or one of its subsidiaries has an established physical presence.
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