Senior GCP Data Engineer

Mindera

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Hybrid permanent

Posted: January 13, 2026

Required Skills

Job Description

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior GCP Data Engineer who will design, build, and optimize scalable data platforms on Google Cloud Platform, leveraging Databricks, dbt, and Apache Airflow. You will work closely with product teams, analysts, and stakeholders to deliver reliable, high-performance data solutions.

Requirements:
Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines on GCP
• Build and optimize batch and streaming pipelines using Databricks (Spark)
• Develop analytics-ready data models using dbt following best practices
• Orchestrate workflows and dependencies using Apache Airflow
• Work with BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, and other GCP services
• Implement data quality, testing, monitoring, and observability
• Optimize data performance and cost efficiency on GCP
• Collaborate with Data Analysts, Data Scientists, and Product teams
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical decision-making

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Expertise in Databricks / Apache Spark
• Solid experience with dbt (Core/Cloud) for transformations and modeling
• Hands-on experience with Apache Airflow for orchestration
• Strong SQL skills (BigQuery preferred)
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience with data warehousing and dimensional modeling
• Understanding of CI/CD for data pipelines
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams

Good to Have

• Experience with streaming pipelines (Pub/Sub, Spark Structured Streaming)
• Knowledge of Terraform / Infrastructure as Code
• Familiarity with data governance, lineage, and catalog tools
• Experience working in consulting or client-facing roles
• Exposure to other clouds (AWS/Azure)

Benefits:
We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus, subject to company performance
• Access to Udemy online training and opportunities to learn and grow within the role

About Mindera

At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.

Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera.

We partner with our clients, to understand their product and deliver high performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact in their users and businesses across the world.

You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together.

Our culture reflects our lean and self-organisation attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.

We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.

Follow our Linkedln page - https://tinyurl.com/minderaindia

Check ot our Blog: http://mindera.com/ and our Handbook: http://bit.ly/MinderaHandbook

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