Senior GCP Platform Engineer

Tekskills Inc.; Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills Inc. in Hyderabad is seeking a senior software engineer to design, build, and scale distributed systems on Google Cloud Platform. You will own REST API development, data modeling with PostgreSQL, and robust CI/CD pipelines in a fast-paced environment.

Candidates should have 7+ years of software or platform engineering, 3+ years on GCP, and strong problem-solving and collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering, cloud engineering, or platform engineering experience.
• 3+ years developing solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Hands-on experience with GCP services including Google Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, and Redis.
• Experience with PostgreSQL and advanced SQL; Firestore or Cloud Datastore.
• Experience with REST API development, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience building distributed and event-driven systems.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Skills

GCP

Python

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

Advanced SQL

Firestore/Datastore

Redis

Git

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Event-driven

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Google Cloud Functions

Google Pub/Sub

Firestore/Datastore

Redis

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering, cloud engineering, or platform engineering experience.
• 3+ years developing solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Strong hands‑on experience with GCP, Google Cloud Functions, Python, REST API development, Google Pub/Sub, PostgreSQL, advanced SQL, Firestore or Cloud Datastore, Redis, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience building distributed and event‑driven systems.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.