Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform

Job Description :

We are looking for an experienced GCP Data Engineer with a minimum of 5+ years of professional experience in data engineering, cloud-based data solutions, and large-scale distributed systems. This role is fully remote and requires a hands-on professional who can design, build, and optimize data pipelines and solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Key Responsibilities :

• Architect, design, and implement highly scalable data pipelines and ETL workflows leveraging GCP services.
• Develop and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and storage frameworks to support analytical and operational workloads.
• Work extensively with BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub / Sub, Dataproc, Data Fusion, Cloud Composer, and Cloud Storage to design robust data solutions.
• Create and maintain efficient data models and schemas for analytical reporting, machine learning pipelines, and real-time processing.
• Collaborate closely with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and convert them into technical data solutions.
• Implement best practices for data governance, security, privacy, and compliance across the entire data lifecycle.
• Monitor, debug, and optimize pipeline performance ensuring minimal latency and high throughput.
• Design and maintain APIs and microservices for data integration across platforms.
• Perform advanced data quality checks, anomaly detection, and validation to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
• Implement CI / CD for data engineering projects using GCP-native DevOps tools.
• Stay updated with emerging GCP services and industry trends to continuously improve existing solutions.
• Create detailed documentation for data processes, workflows, and standards to enable smooth knowledge transfer.
• Support the migration of on-premise data systems to GCP, ensuring zero downtime and efficient cutover.
• Automate repetitive workflows, deployment processes, and monitoring systems using Python, Shell scripting, or Terraform.
• Provide mentoring and technical guidance to junior data engineers in the team.

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