Staff Software Engineer - Data Governance & Platform

StubHub is on a mission to redefine the live event experience on a global scale. Whether someone is looking to attend their first event or their hundredth, we’re here to delight them all the way from the moment they start looking for a ticket until they step through the gate. The same goes for our sellers. From fans selling a single ticket to the promoters of a worldwide stadium tour, we want StubHub to be the safest, most convenient way to offer a ticket to the millions of fans who browse our platform around the world.

We are seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to join StubHub's data platform team with a focus on data governance, security, and compliance. In this role you will be responsible for driving strategy and technical implementation of SOX compliant data environments, developing scalable data governance practices, and ensuring secure handling of personal information across our data warehouse and machine learning platforms. This includes establishing enterprise-grade data governance frameworks, implementing security controls for PII data, and building scalable patterns for managing permissions across environments to safely reduce developer friction. 

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the development of core data governance infrastructure and frameworks that enable secure, compliant access to high-quality data assets across the company. You will play a strong role in defining the culture and expectations around data security and compliance practices. We are looking for the right person that is passionate about the intersection of data engineering and security, and that can bring principles from software development fundamentals to create a data ecosystem that is principled, secure, maintainable, and extensible to the growing needs of the company over time. 

Location: Hybrid (3 days in office/2 days remote) – New York, NY or Santa Monica, CA   Strategic Need We have increasing needs to be able to scale our data governance practices as we gain further adoption of leveraging data in all forms across the company. Specifically, SOX compliant data environments, security of personal information, and growing external data shares are all things loosely owned and lacking expertise today.    What You'll Do

• Drive strategy and technical implementation of SOX compliant data environments for Finance/Fintech, as well as applications centered around the data warehouse and machine learning. 
• Partner with Business Platform, Legal, and Data Science on developing low-friction ways of safely adopting GenAI solutions that leverage the data platform 
• Address known areas of improvement in handling of personal information and access to it in the data warehouse 
• Develop more scalable patterns for managing permissions across environments to safely reduce developer friction 
• Design and implement enterprise-grade data governance frameworks including data classification, lineage tracking, and access controls 
• Build automated compliance monitoring and reporting systems for SOX and other regulatory requirements 
• Establish security best practices for data sharing with external partners and third-party integrations 
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to improve data quality, trustworthiness, and auditability across the organization 

What You've Done

• 8+ years of relevant software or data engineering development experience in a fast paced, high growth environment 
• 3+ years of experience with data governance, security, or compliance in enterprise environments 
• Strong programming and analytical ability with expertise in Python, SQL, and infrastructure-as-code 
• Experience with SOX compliance requirements and implementing technical controls for financial data 
• Experience with data privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) and PII handling best practices 
• Experience with cloud-based data warehousing solutions such as Snowflake, Data