GCP Data Engineer - Lisboa - 07/10/26

Wafx; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Wafx in Lisbon is seeking a skilled GCP Data Engineer to support deployment and operationalization of a Telco Data Model solution. You will build scalable data pipelines using BigQuery, Cloud Run, GCS, and Composer, and ensure robust monitoring and testing across the platform.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of data engineering on GCP, hands-on production experience, and a strong focus on ETL/ELT, performance tuning, and data quality.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Data Engineering and Cloud Data Platforms.
• Proven experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.
• Hands-on experience building data pipelines in production environments.
• Experience with data model implementation, performance tuning and monitoring.
• Strong experience with BigQuery and Cloud Run for data ingestion.
• Familiarity with GCS, Cloud Composer and Logging/Alerting.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable data pipelines across the GCP data ecosystem.
• Optimize performance and implement orchestration workflows with Cloud Composer.
• Ensure robust monitoring, testing, and data quality across pipelines.
• Provide operational support and handle production readiness for Telco data models.

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud data platforms

Production pipelines

ETL/ELT

Agile / cross-functional

Tools

BigQuery

Cloud Run

GCS

Cloud Composer

Cloud Logging

Alerting

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Job description

Country

PT Portugal

Location

Lisboa - 60% Remote and 40% Presential

Mid-level

Work type

Hybrid

Imediato

1 year

Laptop provided

No

GCP Data Engineer to support the deployment and operationalization of a Telco Data Model solution. The successful candidate will have strong expertise across the GCP data ecosystem, particularly BigQuery, Cloud Run, GCS, and Composer, and will be responsible for building scalable data pipelines, optimizing performance, implementing orchestration workflows, and ensuring robust monitoring and testing capabilities across the platform.

Requirements and qualifications

• Experience
• 3+ years of experience in Data Engineering and Cloud Data Platforms.
• Proven experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.
• Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and supporting data pipelines in production environments.
• Experience with data model implementation, performance optimization, testing, monitoring, and operational support.
• Mandatory Skills
• Strong experience with Google BigQuery.
• Experience developing and optimizing Cloud Run services for data ingestion into BigQuery.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Storage (GCS).
• Experience with Google Cloud Composer (Managed Airflow) for workflow orchestration.
• Knowledge of Google Cloud Logging and Alerting.
• Experience testing and validating data pipelines across the data platform lifecycle, including raw ingestion, curated, historical, and serving/consumption layers.
• Strong understanding of data engineering best practices, ETL/ELT processes, and performance tuning.
• Nice to Have
• Experience in the Telecommunications industry and Telco data models.
• Knowledge of data governance and data quality frameworks.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures and real-time data processing.
• Experience working in agile environments and cross-functional teams.