Senior Big Data Software Engineer (GCP)
Summary
The Senior Big Data Engineer will design and maintain scalable data pipelines and integration solutions on Google Cloud Platform for a healthcare client. The role involves working with technologies like BigQuery, Dataflow, and Terraform to support enterprise data platforms and modern data architectures.
About The Role
As a Senior Big Data Engineer, you will contribute to building enterprise-scale data solutions for a leading US healthcare provider focused on dialysis services. You will work within SoftServe’s Big Data & Analytics Center of Excellence, delivering scalable data products and supporting the evolution of modern data architectures across multiple business domains
About The Role
As a Senior Big Data Engineer, you will contribute to building enterprise-scale data solutions for a leading US healthcare provider focused on dialysis services. You will work within SoftServe’s Big Data & Analytics Center of Excellence, delivering scalable data products and supporting the evolution of modern data architectures across multiple business domains
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data integration and transformation solutions, including onboarding new data sources such as Snowflake and Salesforce into the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP)
- Create low-level designs for data integrations and implement reliable, production-ready data pipelines using GCP services, ensuring high data quality, performance, and availability
- Build, enhance, and support data workflows and platform components leveraging technologies such as Dataflow, BigQuery, Composer, Cloud SQL, Terraform, CI/CD, and related cloud infrastructure tools
- Collaborate with data architects, engineers, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions and actionable insights
- Optimize data processing systems and platform services for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency
- Contribute to the evolution of the data platform by introducing new technologies, best practices, automation, and AI-driven approaches for data governance and configuration management
- Support implementation of data mesh principles, continuous improvement initiatives, and modernization of data engineering practices across the platform
- Produce technical documentation, knowledge transfer materials, and reusable implementation patterns to support long-term platform sustainability
- Participate in proof-of-concept activities and technical evaluations to validate new solutions and capabilities
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience gained over 6+ years of working as a Data Engineer
- Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform services, including BigQuery, Dataflow, Composer, and Cloud SQL, gained over 2+ years of practical work
- Proficiency in Python or Java for creating pipelines
- Strong hands-on experience with SQL for building data solutions and processing pipelines
- Experience with schema migration tools such as Liquibase or Flyway
- Solid understanding of data integration, databases, and data connectivity concepts
- Exposure to Snowflake data platform
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitLab CI, Terraform, and version control systems
- Understanding of ETL/ELT processes and modern data architectures like Data Lakehouse/Data Mesh
- Attention to detail, strong sense of ownership, and problem-solving skills to collaborate in a cross-functional environment
- Upper-intermediate or higher English level for effective communication in global teams
SoftServe is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship, disability, health condition, marital or family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.