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You will play a key role in architecting robust data solutions that support analytics, reporting, and business intelligence across the organization. You will be a valued member of the Data Engineering team and work collaboratively with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders.\nIn this role, you will:\nDesign, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines on GCP, integrating services such as Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, and Cloud Functions.\nBuild and orchestrate complex workflows using Cloud Composer (Apache Airflow).\nDevelop and deploy containerized microservices and event-driven data processing jobs using Cloud Run.\nDesign efficient, high-performance data models and queries in BigQuery, including partitioning, clustering, and cost optimization strategies.\nCollaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to translate data requirements into technical solutions, while mentoring junior and mid-level engineers.\nWork model\nWe believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. 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