Senior Software Engineer

Sonata Software; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonata Software is seeking a data governance and metadata platform engineer in Bengaluru to design and build services for metadata management, classification and lineage. You will enable automated, policy-driven access control and cross-platform data visibility across data lakes, warehouses and streaming platforms.

The role emphasizes governance, data quality, and developer experience through APIs and self-service capabilities, with collaboration across engineering, product, and security teams.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals with focus on scalable systems.
• Experience building backend services in Java, Go, or similar.
• Familiarity with data platforms like Kafka and Spark.
• Hands-on with access control models (RBAC/ABAC) and security practices.
• Understanding of metadata, data lineage or governance concepts.
• Experience building automation and platform capabilities.
• Ability to drive cross-platform integrations and collaboration.
• Strong problem-solving for scalability, reliability and usability.
• Ability to translate business and compliance needs into technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and build services for metadata management, data classification and lineage.
• Develop policy-as-code frameworks for fine-grained data access control.
• Enable data discovery and enrichment through standardized metadata and ownership.
• Build integrations across data platforms to ensure end-to-end visibility and governance.
• Implement automated workflows for data access, auditability and compliance.
• Integrate data quality and observability signals into governance systems.
• Improve developer and user experience through APIs and self-service capabilities.
• Ensure systems are scalable, reliable and production-ready, including on-call support.
• Collaborate with engineering, product and security teams to deliver governed data solutions.

Skills

Distributed systems

APIs

Data modeling

Backend development

Java

Go

Security best practices

Collaboration

Problem solving

On-call support

Tools

Kafka

Spark

Data lakes

Data warehouses

Metadata management

Data governance

Job description

• *Strong software engineering fundamentals (distributed systems, APIs, data modeling)
• * Experience building scalable backend systems in languages like Java, Go, or similar
• * Familiarity with data platforms (e.g., Kafka, Spark, data lakes, warehouses)
• * Experience with access control models (RBAC/ABAC) and security best practices
• * Understanding of metadata, data lineage, or data governance concepts (or strong interest in the space)
• * Experience building automation and platform capabilities (not just one-off pipelines)
• * Comfortable working across systems and driving cross-platform integrations
• * Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on scalability, reliability, and usability
• * Effective collaborator who can translate business and compliance needs into technical solutions
• *Design and build services for metadata management, data classification, and lineage
• * Develop policy-as-code frameworks for automated, fine-grained data access control
• * Enable data discovery and enrichment through standardized metadata and ownership
• * Build integrations across data platforms (e.g., streaming, warehouses, data lakes) to ensure end-to-end visibility and governance
• * Implement automated workflows for data access, auditability, and compliance
• * Integrate data quality and observability signals into governance systems
• * Improve developer and user experience through APIs and self-service capabilities
• * Ensure systems are scalable, reliable, and production-ready, including on-call support
• * Collaborate with engineering, product, and security teams to deliver governed, compliant data solutions