Job Description

Horizontal Talent is looking for an experienced Senior GCP Data Engineer to join one of our esteemed clients.

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About Horizontal

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Established since 2003 in the US, Horizontal solves complex challenges across two distinct businesses: Horizontal Digital and Horizontal Talent. We are consistently recognized for being a top workplace and one of the fastest growing private companies. Horizontal Talent specializes in staffing for IT, Digital & Creative and Business & Strategy markets. We have global offices in US, UAE, India, and Malaysia.

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Job Details:

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Location: Bangalore / Chennai

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Work Mode: On-Site

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Job Type: Contract-to-Hire (long-term project)

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Experience: 7+ Years

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Notice Period: Preference will be given to immediate joiners.

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What You'll Do

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- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and cloud-native data platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
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- Develop end-to-end ETL/ELT workflows for data ingestion, transformation, and storage.
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- Work with BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Run, Data Fusion, Dataproc, Composer, and Pub/Sub.
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- Build production-grade data solutions using SQL, Python, and PySpark.
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- Optimize pipelines for performance, scalability, cost, and reliability.
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- Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and data-quality frameworks.
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- Collaborate with Data Scientists, Analysts, DevOps, Platform Engineering, and business stakeholders.
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- Follow CI/CD, GitHub, Agile, coding standards, and engineering best practices.
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Qualifications

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Education Requirements

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• Bachelor's /Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.

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Experience Requirements

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- 7+ years of total experience in data engineering, data platforms, or data‐centric software engineering.
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- 5+ years of hands‐on experience designing and building data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and cloud‐native data solutions.
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- 3+ years of direct experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using services such as BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Run, Datafusion, Dataproc, Composer, and Pub/Sub.
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- Advanced proficiency in SQL, Python, and PySpark for data processing and transformation.
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- Proven experience developing and supporting production‐grade, end‐to‐end cloud data pipelines.
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- Expertise in ELT/ETL design, performance optimization, and data transformation frameworks.
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- Strong background in monitoring, logging, alerting, and data quality frameworks across distributed systems.
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- Experience with DevOps tools and techniques, including CI/CD, GitHub, and related automation practices.
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- Demonstrated experience working in global, cross‐functional, and agile development environments.
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- Excellent communication, problem‐solving, and analytical skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and non‐technical teams.
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- GCP certification preferred (e.g., Google Cloud Skilled Data Engineer).
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Interested? Share your updated CV to [email protected] or apply here!

📌 GCP Senior Data Engineer (Bengaluru)
🏢 Horizontal Talent
📍 Bengaluru