We are seeking a Principal Data Engineer with over 10 years of experience. In this high-impact role, you will be responsible for defining and driving the data architecture strategy, guiding technical teams, and ensuring robust, scalable, and secure database systems that support business-critical applications. You will work autonomously and directly with stakeholders across engineering, infrastructure, and product leadership, influencing decisions related to GCP Cloud SQL, GKE, relational and non-relational databases (including Cassandra and Couchbase), while also managing complex database challenges.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and lead the overall data architecture strategy across cloud and hybrid environments, in alignment with business and technical goals.
- Collaborate directly with leadership to drive key architectural decisions.
- Provide deep, hands-on expertise in GCP Cloud SQL and containerized database deployment using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
- Architect and optimize relational database solutions using PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MS SQL Server.




- Design and implement NoSQL data solutions including Cassandra, Couchbase, and other scalable data stores.
- Lead end-to-end planning and execution of complex data engineering tasks, including schema design, performance tuning, high availability, and disaster recovery.
- Handle and coordinate P1 incident responses, conducting root cause analysis and designing long-term mitigation plans.
- Guide and mentor internal database teams, fostering technical quality and architectural consistency.
- Automate database provisioning, scaling, and maintenance using up-to-date DevOps and infrastructure-as-code tools.
- Provide architectural documentation and recommendations for scalability, security, compliance, and cost efficiency.

Skills:
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering and architecture, including hands-on cloud and database infrastructure leadership.
- Proven expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) especially

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