Job Description:
Title: Lead data engineer
Experience - 7-10 Years
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled and delivery-focused Lead GCP Data Engineer to support the design, development, and implementation of next-generation enterprise data and AI platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
This role will work closely with Enterprise Architects, platform leaders, and cross-functional engineering teams to build scalable, reusable, and AI-ready data foundations that enable advanced analytics, intelligent automation, and enterprise AI adoption.
The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on expertise in cloud-native data engineering, modern data platform development, semantic data enablement, and scalable pipeline engineering with the ability to lead engineering teams and drive high-quality delivery across multiple initiatives.
This role is expected to play a critical leadership position within the engineering organization by driving implementation excellence, mentoring teams, and operationalizing contemporary data architecture patterns.
Key Responsibilities
1.
Enterprise Data Platform Engineering
- Design, develop, and optimize scalable cloud-native data platforms and pipelines on GCP.
- Implement robust batch, streaming, and event-driven data processing solutions supporting enterprise analytics and AI use cases.
- Collaborate with Enterprise Architects to translate target-state architecture into scalable engineering implementations.
- Contribute to modernization of legacy data ecosystems into reusable, governed, and AI-ready cloud platforms.
- Support implementation of scalable ingestion, transformation, serving, and orchestration frameworks.
2. Data Product Engineering
- Develop reusable and domain-oriented data products aligned with data mesh and data-as-a-product principles.
- Implement scalable and modular data pipelines supporting multiple downstream consumers including analytics, AI/ML, and operational applications.
- Contribute to implementation of:
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