Principal Data Engineer with GCP
Summary
Design and build scalable cloud data platforms on GCP, Databricks, and Snowflake to power analytics and reporting, using SQL, Python, and PySpark.
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Principal Data Engineer with GCP
Date: Jul 17, 2026
Location: Łódź, PL, 90-118 Warszawa, PL, 00-839 Poznań, WP, PL, 61-569 Kraków, PL, 30-302
Working place: Remote / Hybrid
Working Location: Łódź, PL, 90-118 Warszawa, PL, 00-839 Poznań, WP, PL, 61-569 Kraków, PL, 30-302
Type of contract: Employment contract
Salary range: 22500 - 34500 PLN gross
What will you do?
Join a team focused on designing and delivering modern data platforms and architectures that support advanced analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision-making. You will work closely with business stakeholders and engineering teams to define data strategies, shape architectural solutions, and ensure high standards of data quality, scalability, and performance across cloud-based environments.
- Design and optimize data platform architecture
- Design and implement data processing frameworks, templates, and solutions
- Collaborate closely with business stakeholders and engineering teams
- Review, refine, and translate business requirements into architectural decisions
- Drive data quality, metadata management, and governance best practices
- Support the adoption of modern cloud-based data engineering solutions
- At least 8 years of commercial experience as a Data Engineer, Lead Data Engineer, or Data Architect
- Strong expertise in SQL
- Strong expertise in Python
- Strong expertise in Spark or PySpark
- Experience in data architecture, data quality, metadata management, analytics, and reporting
- Strong experience with cloud data engineering tools, preferably within GCP
- Experience designing data architectures on Databricks and/or Snowflake platforms
- Experience with modern data engineering toolsets
Nice to have
- Experience with BI tools such as Power BI, Qlik, or Apache Superset
- Experience in consulting environments
- Experience in Data Science
We offer
- Hybrid work in one of our locations: Lodz, Poznan, Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw (2 office days per week)
- Working in a highly experienced and dedicated team
- Benefit package tailored to your needs (medical, sport, lunch subsidy, life insurance, etc.)
- Online training and certifications
- Access to e-learning platform
- Work From Anywhere (up to 140 days/year abroad)
- Social events
We are GFT Poland. WE KNOW how to tackle complex issues with innovative approach to deliver the highest value. Our reputation has been built around one simple rule: we do not overpromise, WE DELIVER. We deliver to our employees, clients and partners. WE GROW as you grow, so investing in you is our business strategy. Caring for each other is our priority. WE CARE who you are, what you need, how you feel. WE CARE to smile, have fun and develop as human beings.
Why Choose GFT?
- A culture of top performance
- Deep tech IT engineering & consulting
- 1200 skilled & top-class experts
- 77% of the team are regular/senior
- Products that contribute to a sustainable world
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Ambitious projects, trainings and tools you need to flourish
- Google Cloud Partner of the Year - for going above and beyond for customers