Cloud Data Engineer (GCP)

About The Opportunity

• Architect, develop, and maintain end-to-end ETL pipelines on GCP leveraging BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Composer, Dataform, and Pub/Sub.
• Build and optimize secure, high-performance RESTful and gRPC APIs to expose analytics and ML features to internal and external consumers.
• Implement cost-effective, resilient data workflows through partitioning, autoscaling, and advanced monitoring with Cloud Monitoring/Stackdriver.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployments using Terraform, Cloud Build, and Cloud Deploy, enforcing Infrastructure-as-Code best practices.
• Embed data quality and governance via schema enforcement, versioned contracts, and automated regression testing.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, data scientists, and SRE teams to meet SLAs and deliver measurable business impact.
  

Skills & Qualifications

• 3-6 years designing and implementing large-scale data solutions on Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Composer, Dataflow, Dataform, Pub/Sub).
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL for building robust data pipelines and analytics queries.
• Expertise in DevOps workflows: Git, CI/CD (Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy), containerization, and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).
• Proven experience developing and tuning high-throughput REST/gRPC APIs for data services.
• Deep understanding of data partitioning, optimization, and monitoring using Cloud Monitoring/Stackdriver.
• Solid knowledge of data quality frameworks, schema management, and automated testing in pipeline workflows.
  

Preferred

• Experience integrating or operating Elasticsearch/OpenSearch for log and metric search.
• Familiarity with streaming frameworks such as Kafka or Flink and performance benchmarking on GCP.
• Exposure to Kubernetes or GKE for container orchestration and production scaling.
  

• Hybrid work model with flexible hours and collaborative office spaces in Pune and Mumbai.
• Continuous learning opportunities: certifications, hackathons, and AI/cloud training programs.
• Inclusive, innovation-driven culture emphasizing work-life balance and career growth.