Job Title

Lead Developer / Engineer

Years of Experience

6 to 10 years

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced GCP Cloud Tech Lead Data Engineering to lead the design, development, and modernization of scalable, secure, and high-performance data platforms on Google Cloud

In this role, you will:

- Provide technical guidance
- Define cloud data architecture
- Mentor engineers
- Ensure best practices across data engineering, analytics, and AI initiatives

You will work closely with architects and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into robust cloud-native data solutions

Must-Have Skills

SQL Python (Mandatory)

- Strong expertise in SQL and Python
- Advanced SQL for:
- Data modeling
- Transformations
- Performance tuning
- Analytics in BigQuery

- Strong Python proficiency with:

- OOP principles (encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction)
- SOLID principles
- Design patterns

Data Engineering Pipelines

- Proven experience designing and building modular, scalable ETL/ELT pipelines
- Strong system design, troubleshooting, and performance tuning skills
- Experience working with distributed data systems

GCP Cloud Expertise

- Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services:
- BigQuery
- Cloud Storage (GCS)
- Cloud Functions
- Cloud Run
- Cloud Composer
- Pub/Sub

- Solid understanding of event-driven and real-time architectures using Pub/Sub and Eventarc

Integration APIs

- Experience integrating and consuming REST APIs for data ingestion and platform integration

Data Governance Security

- Solid understanding of:




- Data governance
- Data quality
- Privacy
- Security best practices in cloud environments

DevOps CI/CD

- Experience building and automating CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with Cloud Build (preferred)

Collaboration Communication

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Strong collaboration with product, engineering, QA, DevOps, and compliance teams

Good-to-Have Skills

- Experience with Dataform for SQL-based transformations
- Exposure to Dataflow (Apache Beam) for large-scale batch and streaming processing
- Knowledge of cloud cost optimization and performance tuning on GCP
- Experience with API testing tools (eg, Postman)
- Understanding of:
- Clean architecture
- Microservices
- Domain-driven design

- Experience building reusable frameworks, libraries, or accelerators
- Exposure to AI/ML pipeline orchestration

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Development

- Lead design and implementation of scalable ETL/ELT pipelines on GCP
- Develop high-performance SQL models and Python-based data applications
- Architect and maintain cloud-native solutions using:
- BigQuery, GCS, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run
- Cloud Composer,



Pub/Sub, Eventarc, Dataform

Real-Time Integration

- Define and implement event-driven, real-time data architectures
- Lead integration with external APIs and enterprise systems

Governance Best Practices

- Establish standards for:
- Data quality
- Governance
- Lineage
- Security
- Compliance

DevOps Performance

- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Cloud Build)
- Ensure:
- Performance
- Scalability
- Reliability
- Cost efficiency

Leadership Collaboration

- Provide technical leadership and mentorship
- Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions
- Maintain high-quality:
- Technical documentation
- Architecture diagrams
- Engineering standards

Education Qualification

- Bachelor s or Master s degree in:
- Computer Science
- Information Systems
- Data Engineering
- Or a related field

Certifications

- GCP Professional Data Engineer Certification (preferred)
- Snowflake Associate / Core certification
- Additional certifications (any one preferred):
- Databricks
- Snowflake
- Other cloud data platform certifications

Shift Timing

- 12:00 PM 9:00 PM IST
- OR 2:00 PM 11:00 PM IST

Location:

DGS India - Bengaluru - Manyata N1 Block

Brand:

Merkle

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent

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