Referral Only - Senior GCP Data Engineer
About the position We are seeking a Senior Staff Data Engineer – API with strong Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience to design, build, and support scalable enterprise data platforms. This role is hands-on and highly collaborative, requiring strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in fast-paced, matrixed environments.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and APIs on Google Cloud Platform.
- Develop automated workflows and data platforms that support analytics, reporting, and AI/ML use cases.
- Implement best practices for data security, governance, CI/CD, and automated deployment.
- Collaborate with data engineers, architects, data scientists, and business stakeholders.
- Produce high-quality, reusable code and mentor team members on best practices.
- Support testing, deployment, monitoring, and production troubleshooting.
Requirements
- 7+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in Data Architecture.
- Minimum 2+ years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform.
- 2+ years of API development experience
- Solid understanding of Agile methodologies
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
- Strong experience with BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow/Dataproc, Pub/Sub, and APIs.
- Proficiency in SQL, data modeling, ETL/ELT, and streaming architectures.
- Experience with CI/CD, Git/GitHub, and Agile methodologies.
- Strong communication skills and ability to mentor junior engineers. Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Apigee, Python (FastAPI), Spark, Kafka, Vertex AI.
- Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Certification.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (Master’s preferred).
Benefits
- Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
- Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee assistance programs
- Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility Apply To this Job