A small but distinct group of data engineering posts centers on governance. These roles build the catalogs, access rules and foundations that let other teams find and trust data. A keyword search for governance on Data Engineer Jobs shows what they look like.
Data Engineer Jobs search results for governance, listing data catalog and governance roles
Roles that named governance on October 31, 2026
- Staff Software Engineer, Data Catalog at Airbnb, remote in the United States
- Staff Software Engineer - Data Governance at Plaid, hybrid in the United States
- Staff Software Engineer, Data Governance & Foundations at Instacart, remote in the United States
- Principal Azure Data Engineer at Capco in the United Kingdom
- Senior Clinical Data Engineer for Latin America at Precision Medicine Group
Other results, such as Senior Data Engineer roles at Encora and Bitfarms, mention governance as one responsibility among several.
What governance work involves
The titles at Airbnb, Plaid and Instacart are staff level and sit on catalog or foundations teams. That points to platform work. You would build the systems that record what data exists, who owns it, who may use it and how it flows. A data catalog is the place people go to search for a table and read its description and owner.
In the broader data engineer posts, governance usually means following those rules in your own pipelines. Tag sensitive fields, respect access controls and keep documentation current.
Why staff titles are common here
Governance touches every team that produces or uses data. Changing it means agreeing on standards across many groups, which is the kind of cross-team work staff roles are hired for.
Preparing an application
Describe a time you made data easier to find or safer to use across teams. That could be a catalog rollout, a naming standard, an access review or a lineage project. Say how many teams adopted it and what changed for them.
Companies Hiring Data Engineers page listing employers with open roles
The companies hiring data engineers page is a good way to see all open roles at one employer, which helps when a governance team posts several related openings.
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