Hands-on GCP Data Platform Engineer (Airflow & BigQuery)

Innodata Inc.; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Innodata Inc. is seeking a hands-on GCP/Data Platform Engineer to support large-scale production data platforms on Google Cloud.

You will focus on reliability, production support, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement rather than greenfield development. The role requires diagnosing complex pipelines across enterprise environments, optimizing DAGs, and collaborating with engineering, analytics, and infrastructure teams to deliver robust data solutions on Cloud Spanner, BigQuery, Dataflow,

Qualifications

• 3–7 years in Data/Cloud/Platform engineering or related roles.
• Hands-on GCP experience with production data platforms.
• Strong Python and SQL skills; solid understanding of data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain production GCP data platforms and pipelines.
• Troubleshoot DAG failures, scheduling issues, and data-latency concerns.
• Optimize Airflow workflows for reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, BI, Infrastructure, and Platform teams.
• Create and maintain runbooks and platform documentation.

Skills

Python

SQL

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

BigQuery

Cloud Spanner

Dataflow

Pub/Sub

Cloud Composer

IAM

Cloud Monitoring

Job description

Innodata Inc. is seeking a hands-on GCP/Data Platform Engineer to support large-scale production data platforms on Google Cloud.

You will focus on reliability, production support, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement rather than greenfield development. The role requires diagnosing complex pipelines across enterprise environments, optimizing DAGs, and collaborating with engineering, analytics, and infrastructure teams to deliver robust data solutions on Cloud Spanner, BigQuery, Dataflow,