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At Sifflet,
Data Means Business.

Data drives every strategic decision, guides innovation, and powers transformation. But how do companies ensure their data is reliable? How can they trust the insights that guide critical business choices? How do they turn raw information into actionable intelligence, high-performing products, and superior strategies? Enter Sifflet.

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Who We Are

We are a data observability platform. 
We offer end-to-end oversight into the entire data stack, helping teams to uncover, prevent and overcome the technical and organizational obstacles that get in the way of better quality, more reliable data.

Our Mission

We help companies see data breakthroughs. Sifflet delivers smoother running data stacks by providing detailed oversight and solutions that reduce data breaks, improve team alignment and operations, and build confidence in the numbers. The result? Superior insights, value and products from data.

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Meet our Executive team

Sifflet was built by a data-obsessed team for
data-obsessed teams.

Chief Executive Officer
Salma Bakouk
Before founding Sifflet, Salma worked in quantitative sales & trading at Goldman Sachs, where she saw firsthand how unreliable data could undermine even the most sophisticated models. She holds two master’s degrees in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from École Centrale Paris. Named among Europe’s Top 100 Women in Tech, Salma is a frequent speaker at leading industry events including Gartner D&A Summit and Big Data LDN. Outside of work, she loves running mountain trails, discovering new cities, and spending time with her dog always chasing the same clarity and balance she strives to bring to data.
Head of Sales
Joe Steadman
Joe is Head of Sales at Sifflet, focused on solving the data trust problem by helping teams detect broken data, understand business impact, and fix issues before they drive bad decisions. Previously at Matillion for 9 years, he led enterprise and strategic sales across EMEA, built and scaled high performing teams, consistently outperformed targets, and started as the company’s first sales hire, helping shape early go to market and partnerships.
Head of Operations
Rémi Bastien
Rémi is Head of Operations at Sifflet where he drives operational execution and scale. Previously at Contentsquare for nearly a decade, he led strategic cross functional projects and built operational excellence capabilities, spanning BI and KPIs, data governance and master data, knowledge management, tooling, process optimization, and PMO leadership.
Head of Product
Laura Malins
Laura Malins is the Head of Product at Sifflet. She spent a decade at Matillion, joining when the company was around 10 people and helping drive its growth to unicorn scale, including leading major product launches, evolving pricing and billing, optimising GTM approaches and improving the customer onboarding journey. She later led product at ALTR where she drove forwards a comprehensive vision and more complete product processes. Laura is passionate about building great products and supports individuals and small companies through board roles and mentoring.
Head of Solution Engineering
Alex Iorga
Alex is Head of Solutions Engineering and Customer Success at Sifflet, leading technical presales and post sales to drive smooth adoption and measurable outcomes. Previously at Deepomatic, he built and scaled Sales Engineering from first hire to Director, defined sales methodology with leadership, shaped the roadmap with product, built key partnerships, signed the company’s first North America customer, and expanded into LATAM. Earlier, he was a data and analytics consultant at Accenture in the UK, delivering BI and reporting programs and leading agile project work.
Head of Marketing
Romain Doutriaux
Romain Doutriaux is Head of Marketing at Sifflet, driving brand and pipeline with a sharp go to market lens. Previously, he led global marketing at Pigment, scaling inbound pipe gen, ABX and influence plays, and a 20 plus person team. Before that, he spent over seven years at Dataiku, moving from France Marketing Manager to VP EMEA Marketing, owning EMEA strategy across PR, digital, events, ABM, partnerships, and positioning in tight alignment with Sales and Product.
Head of Engineering
Benoit Faucon
Benoît Faucon is the head of Engineering at Sifflet, leading integrations and infrastructure. Previously, he held lead infrastructure and security roles at Terality and Mindsay, where he built reliable cloud platforms, improved developer velocity, and drove security and compliance efforts, including SOC 2 readiness. Earlier in his career at Withings, he delivered automation and observability systems across large scale bare metal and cloud environments. He is a graduate of Ecole Centrale Paris.

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Frequently asked questions

How is data volume different from data variety?
Great question! Data volume is about how much data you're receiving, while data variety refers to the different types and formats of data sources. For example, a sudden drop in appointment data is a volume issue, while a new file format causing schema mismatches is a variety issue. Observability tools help you monitor both dimensions to maintain healthy pipelines.
Why is investing in data observability important for business leaders?
Great question! Investing in data observability helps organizations proactively monitor the health of their data, reduce the risk of bad data incidents, and ensure data quality across pipelines. It also supports better decision-making, improves SLA compliance, and helps maintain trust in analytics. Ultimately, it’s a strategic move that protects your business from costly mistakes and missed opportunities.
How does Sentinel help reduce alert fatigue in modern data environments?
Sentinel intelligently analyzes metadata like data lineage and schema changes to recommend what really needs monitoring. By focusing on high-impact areas, it cuts down on noise and helps teams manage alert fatigue while optimizing monitoring costs.
What role does real-time monitoring play in Sifflet’s platform?
Real-time metrics are essential for proactive data pipeline monitoring. Sifflet’s observability tools provide real-time alerts and anomaly detection, helping teams quickly identify and resolve issues before they impact downstream systems or violate SLA compliance.
Why is data quality monitoring so important for data-driven decision-making, especially in uncertain times?
Great question! Data quality monitoring helps ensure that the data you're relying on is accurate, timely and complete. In high-stress or uncertain situations, poor data can lead to poor decisions. By implementing scalable data quality monitoring, including anomaly detection and data freshness checks, you can avoid the 'garbage in, garbage out' problem and make confident, informed decisions.
What role does data observability play in modern data architecture?
Data observability helps ensure your architecture remains reliable and trustworthy as it evolves. It provides real-time visibility into data quality, freshness, and structure across pipelines, making it easier to catch issues early and maintain consistency across systems.
What is reverse ETL and why is it important in the modern data stack?
Reverse ETL is the process of moving data from your data warehouse into external systems like CRMs or marketing platforms. It plays a crucial role in the modern data stack by enabling operational analytics, allowing business teams to act on real-time metrics and make data-driven decisions directly within their everyday tools.
Is there a way to use Sifflet with Terraform for better data governance?
Yes! Sifflet now offers an officially-supported Terraform provider that allows you to manage your observability setup as code. This includes configuring monitors and other Sifflet objects, which helps enforce data contracts, improve reproducibility, and strengthen data governance.
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We're seeking driven individuals eager to roll up their sleeves and help make data observability everyone's business.