Principal Data Engineer (GCP)
Core
Lead the organization's data engineering capability, designing and evolving a cloud data platform with a focus on technical leadership and mentoring.
Role type
Principal Data Engineer (GCP)
Builds
Cloud data platform, robust scalable data pipelines
Domain
Social enterprise, Cloud-native data engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Data Engineering leadership, Cloud-native platform design, Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, Docker, dbt, Data Lake/Warehouse solutions, Advanced SQL, Python, Data Governance, Complex query optimization
Preferred skills
AWS, Azure
Technologies
Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, Docker, dbt
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to data engineers; Define how data engineering projects are approached, delivered and governed; Work closely with architects to design and evolve the cloud data platform; Ensure robust, scalable and compliant data pipelines across the platform; Lead best practices around data ingestion, transformation, quality, security and monitoring; Drive automation, CI/CD adoption and continuous improvement; Challenge technical decisions and raise engineering standards across the team
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship