Sr. Data Governance Engineer

BambooHR • Utah | Hybrid, UT

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

At BambooHR, we’re building a world where data helps people do their best work. As we continue to grow our data platform and AI capabilities, we’re looking for a Senior Data Governance Analyst to help ensure our data is trusted, well-defined, and ready to power better decisions across the company. If you enjoy solving messy data problems, bringing clarity to complexity, and helping teams use data the right way—this role is for you. You’ll be a key part of our Data Governance team, helping us scale how we manage, define, and use data across BambooHR.

Requirements

• 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
• Employment with BambooHR is contingent on passing both a background and credit check.

Nice To Haves

• 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.)

Responsibilities

• Identify and help 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 certified data assets
• Partner with teams across the business to define and document key metrics and KPIs
• Support our data certification efforts so teams can rely on consistent, trusted data
• Help align reporting, dashboards, and semantic models to shared definitions
• Contribute to our data catalog and KPI library hosted in Open MetaData
• 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
• 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 InfoSec 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
• Support governance for AI-driven tools like data assistants, copilots, and agentic AI
• Help 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

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
• Generous leave policies that include 4 weeks of vacation, 12 company holidays, parental leave, and volunteer time off
• 401k plans with up to 6% company match
• $2000 Paid-Paid Vacation bonus
• EAP through Headspace

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior