Data Governance Engineer

LiveRamp is the data collaboration platform of choice for the world's most innovative companies. A groundbreaking leader in consumer privacy, data ethics, and foundational identity, LiveRamp is setting the new standard for building a connected customer view with unmatched clarity and context while protecting precious brand and consumer trust. LiveRamp offers complete flexibility to collaborate wherever data lives to support the widest range of data collaboration use cases-within organizations, between brands, and across its premier global network of top-quality partners.

Hundreds of global innovators, from iconic consumer brands and tech giants to banks, retailers, and healthcare leaders turn to LiveRamp to build enduring brand and business value by deepening customer engagement and loyalty, activating new partnerships, and maximizing the value of their first-party data while staying on the forefront of rapidly evolving compliance and privacy requirements.

We're hiring a hands-on Data Governance Engineer to implement and scale policies, standards, and frameworks across our enterprise data, Tableau ecosystem, and internal AI-powered analytics solutions - including those powered by large language models (LLMs).

This is a technical individual contributor role. The ideal candidate is a builder who thrives on developing practical governance solutions and administering BI platforms that drive adoption, reliability, and trust.

You will:

• Design and implement governance frameworks focused on metadata, data quality, access controls, and lineage.
• Serve as Tableau administrator: manage users, roles, extracts, content standards, and performance.
• Define and enforce best practices for dashboard certification, documentation, and lifecycle management.
• Support responsible AI initiatives by applying governance to LLM-based analytics tools, including prompt auditing and access governance.
• Collaborate with data platform, engineering, analytics, and legal teams to embed governance into technical and business workflows.
• Maintain accurate governance documentation and deliver education and tooling that improve adoption and compliance.

Your team will:

Work cross-functionally with data platform & engineering, analytics, legal, and business teams to ensure governance is embedded in every layer of our data and analytics stack. You'll help create a culture of responsible data and AI use-built on trust, transparency, and hands-on execution.

About you:

• 6+ years of hands-on experience in data/BI governance or analytics/data engineering roles.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with cloud data environments, preferably BigQuery.
• Proficiency in Tableau administration, including permissioning, extract scheduling, and server health monitoring.
• Familiar with data modeling tools (e.g., dbt) and data cataloging/lineage platforms like Atlan or Collibra.
• Experience working with or governing LLMs or AI-powered analytics platforms.
• Strong problem-solving and automation mindset - you implement governance through tools, code, and infrastructure.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Atlan, Collibra, or similar governance platforms.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering or usage monitoring for LLMs (e.g., OpenAI, Gemini).
• Proficiency in Python or scripting tools for governance automation.

Benefits:

• People: Work with talented, collaborative, and friendly people who love what they do.
• Fun: We host in-person and virtual events such as game nights, happy hours, camping trips, and sports leagues.
• Work/Life Harmony: Flexible paid time off, paid holidays, options for working from home, and paid parental leave.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package: LiveRamp offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you be your best self in your personal and professional lives. Our benefits package offers medical, dental, vision, life and disability, an employee assistance program, voluntary benefits as well as perks programs for your healthy lifestyle, career growth and more.
• Savings: Our 401K matching plan-1:1 match up to 6% of salary-helps you plan ahead. Also Employee Stock Purchase Plan - 15% discount off purchase price of LiveRamp stock (U.S. LiveRampers)
• RampRemote: A comprehensive office equipment and ergonomics program-we provide you with equipment and tools to be your most productive self, no matter where you're located

More about us:

LiveRamp's mission is to connect data in ways that matter, and doing so starts with our people. We know that inspired teams enlist people from a blend of backgrounds and experiences. And we know that individuals do their best when they not only bring their full selves to work but feel like they truly belong. Connecting LiveRampers to new ideas and one another is one of our guiding principles-one that informs how we hire, train, and grow our global team across nine countries and four continents. Click here to learn more about Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DIB) at LiveRamp.

LiveRamp is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (AA/EOE/W/M/Vet/Disabled) and does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion or other employment of associates or the awarding of subcontracts because of a person's race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, protected veteran, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics or other protected status. Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for the position in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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