Senior GCP Data Engineer
Description
Xebia is a global AI-first, digital transformation, and engineering partner. With over 25 years of experience and a team of 5,000 professionals across 16 countries, we help organizations design and build scalable products, platforms, and data-driven solutions.
We specialize in Artificial Intelligence, Data and Cloud, Intelligent Automation, and Digital Products, combining deep technical expertise with a strong focus on engineering excellence and a people-first culture.
In the CEE region, we’re a team of nearly 1,000 experts delivering modern applications, data platforms, and AI solutions for clients such as Millennium, ING, Play, Edenred, Arabian Drilling, FedEx, Leroy Merlin, Truecaller, Volotea, Schmitz Cargobull, and many, many more. We work with leading technologies including AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, and Snowflake, and combine strong engineering culture with a consulting mindset and a continuous focus on growth and knowledge sharing.
You will be:
- designing, building and maintaining scalable data pipelines on GCP,
- developing and optimizing data models using BigQuery and dbt,
- building and managing real-time and batch data processing using Kafka,
- ensuring data quality, consistency, and reliability across pipelines,
- supporting migration of legacy data systems into modern cloud-based architecture,
- collaborating with Data Architects, Platform Engineers, and Analytics teams,
- enabling self-service data capabilities for internal consumers (data products mindset),
- implementing monitoring, logging, and observability for data pipelines,
- optimizing performance and cost of data workloads in GCP,
- contributing to best practices in data governance and data engineering standards.
Your profile:
- strong hands-on experience with BigQuery,
- solid experience with dbt (data transformations, modeling),
- experience working with Kafka (streaming data pipelines),
- strong skills in building data pipelines (batch and/or streaming),
- very good knowledge of SQL and Python,
- experience with cloud data platforms (preferably GCP),
- understanding of data modeling concepts (DWH, ELT/ETL),
- experience working in complex, multi-team environments,
- strong problem-solving skills and ownership mindset,
- good communication and collaboration skills.
Work from the European Union region and a work permit are required.
Nice to have:
- experience in cloud migration projects,
- familiarity with orchestration tools (e.g. Airflow, Cloud Composer),
- experience with real-time analytics use cases,
- exposure to self-service data platforms / data products,
- knowledge of cost optimization in BigQuery,
- experience in large-scale enterprise transformations GCP certifications (e.g. Professional Data Engineer),
- experience working in international distributed teams.
Recruitment Process:
CV review – HR call – Interview – Client Interview – Decision
Skills
As published by greenhouse · 16 questions · 1 written answer
Basics
First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone, Resume/CV, Cover Letter
Short answers (8)
- LinkedIn Profile optional
- Website optional
- What is your notice period?
- What is your preferred form of cooperation?
- What are your financial expectations?
- Please specify if the given salary is in net or gross value
- Please specify if the salary expectation are provided hourly or monthly
- Currency of the salary expectations
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- Where did you find this job?
- What country do you currently reside in?
- Do you have documents entitling you to work in the European Union (valid work permits to work in the EU)?
- Do you speak English at a minimum B2 level?
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Written answers (1)
- Rate your proficiency in each of the following on a scale* of 1 to 5: BigQuery, dbt, Kafka, Python