Collibra Developer

Location: Princeton, United States

Department: Service Engineering

Experience: 8

• Lead the design, configuration, and maintenance of Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud components across licensed modules (Catalog, Lineage, Quality, Privacy).
• Architect and govern Collibra operating models — communities, domains, asset types, attributes, relations, and responsibilities — aligned to the enterprise governance strategy.
• Design, develop, and maintain Collibra workflows, business rules, and governance processes, including complex Groovy-based logic.
• Define and drive the data governance and metadata management strategy, standards, and adoption roadmap.
• Own data cataloging, data lineage, data classification, and data stewardship programs end to end.
• Architect and build integrations between Collibra and enterprise data platforms, catalogs, and metadata sources using Collibra REST APIs, Java APIs, and web services, plus harvesting (Connect/JDBC, Lineage Harvester, Edge).
• Partner with data engineering teams to onboard technical and business metadata at scale.
• Lead data ownership, stewardship, glossary management, and policy implementation across business units.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex Collibra configuration, workflow, integration, and performance issues; establish preventive standards.
• Translate business data governance requirements into scalable technical solutions, and communicate trade-offs to technical and executive stakeholders.
• Mentor and guide developers and analysts; lead design reviews and raise the team's technical bar.
• Drive testing, deployment, documentation, and production support, ensuring solutions meet organizational data management and compliance standards.

• 8+ years of experience in Data Governance, Metadata Management, or Data Management, with significant hands-on Collibra ownership.
• Deep hands-on experience with the Collibra Data Intelligence Cloud platform.
• Proven configuration of Collibra Data Catalog, Business Glossary, Data Governance, and workflows.
• Strong command of governance concepts: data ownership, data stewardship, metadata management, data lineage, data quality, business glossary, and data classification.
• Experience designing and building Collibra REST API / web-service integrations.
• Strong SQL and relational database skills.
• Experience with data warehouses, data lakes, or cloud data platforms.
• Experience with API-based integrations and JSON/XML.
• Proficiency in scripting — Groovy (required for workflows), plus Python or JavaScript.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale governance programs and mentoring technical teams.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder-management, and executive-presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience integrating Collibra with enterprise data platforms and metadata tools.
• Knowledge of ETL/ELT tools.
• Experience with data lineage tools and metadata harvesting.
• Knowledge of Data Quality and Data Observability concepts.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Collibra certification is a plus.

• Deep technical command of Collibra and enterprise data governance.
• Ability to set direction and work independently while leading cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, including executive-level storytelling.
• Ability to translate business data governance requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• A proactive, ownership-driven approach to identifying and resolving governance challenges.