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Data Engineer - Compliance

Summary

Build and maintain secure data pipelines for an AI company, implementing compliance controls like anonymization and access rules to protect sensitive data while enabling analytics.

Our client is a fast-growing AI company with a market-leading product. As they expand globally, they are seeking a specialized Data Engineer to build the 'trust layer' of their data infrastructure. This is a hands-on role where you will enforce 'Compliance-by-Design' principles, ensuring that speed and innovation never compromise data security or regulatory adherence.

What You Will Do Architect Compliance Pipelines:

Design and implement robust pipelines for data desensitization, masking, anonymization, and pseudonymization. You will ensure that raw data is transformed into safe assets

before

ingestion or exposure. Data Inspection & Classification:

Lead the profiling of regional datasets to assess sensitivity levels. You will act as the gatekeeper, enforcing strict rules:

no desensitization

no ingestion; no inspection

no exposure. Enable Safe Analytics:

Build and maintain clean, documented datasets that support downstream analytics. You will facilitate both user-level and aggregated (fine-to-coarse) analysis while strictly adhering to regional data boundaries. Governance Implementation:

Collaborate with Security, Legal, and Governance teams to translate complex regulatory requirements into technical controls (RBAC, MFA, IP allowlists) and automated workflows. Platform & Quality Assurance:

Manage platform administration under strict security controls while driving continuous improvement in data quality, lineage, metadata management, and auditability.

Skills & Qualifications Experience:

3–5 years of experience in Data Engineering, ETL/ELT design, and data warehousing. Technical Stack:

Strong proficiency in

SQL

and

Python . Hands-on experience with tools such as Spark, Airflow, Kafka, Hive, or equivalent. Privacy & Compliance:

Practical experience handling sensitive data (PII, financial, user-level). You must have working knowledge of frameworks such as

GDPR, PDPA, SOC2, HIPAA, or EO14117. Data Quality:

A solid understanding of data cleaning, validation, and profiling techniques.

Preferred Qualifications Cross-Border Expertise:

Experience operating in multi-region data environments, specifically dealing with cross-border data transfer regulations. Advanced Privacy Tech:

Familiarity with privacy-preserving analytics, advanced data masking, and anonymization techniques. Cloud & Security:

Exposure to cloud-native platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and a strong grasp of security best practices. Cross-Functional Ops:

Prior experience acting as the technical bridge between engineering and legal/compliance teams.

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