Data Engineer (GCP)

Client of AIQU; Medina; Remote; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Client of AIQU seeks an experienced Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data solutions on Google Cloud Platform. This fully remote role relies on Python, SQL and BigQuery to drive data-driven insights while ensuring performance, reliability and security of the data infrastructure.

Responsibilities include designing ETL/ELT pipelines, optimizing schemas, writing efficient queries, and collaborating with data scientists and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of professional experience in data engineering.
• Strong proficiency with Google Cloud Platform services, including BigQuery, Cloud Storage, and Dataflow.
• Expert-level SQL skills and experience optimizing complex queries.
• Advanced Python programming skills for data processing and automation.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT workflows.
• Solid understanding of data modeling, warehousing concepts, and best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines using GCP services.
• Implement and optimize data models and schemas in BigQuery.
• Write efficient SQL queries and Python scripts for data transformation and analysis.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust data solutions.
• Monitor pipeline performance, troubleshoot issues and ensure data quality and reliability.
• Document data workflows, architectures and best practices.
• Implement data governance, security controls and compliance standards.
• Mentor junior engineers and share technical knowledge across the team.

Skills

GCP services

BigQuery

SQL

Python

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

Airflow

Terraform

dbt

Pub/Sub

Dataflow

AWS

Azure

Tools

BigQuery

Dataflow

Pub/Sub

Terraform

Deployment Manager

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer with 5-7 years of hands-on experience to design build and maintain scalable data solutions on Google Cloud Platform In this fully remote role you will leverage GCP services Python SQL and BigQuery to drive data-driven insights and ensure the performance reliability and security of our data infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Design develop and maintain ETL ELT pipelines using GCP services
• Implement and optimize data models and schemas in BigQuery
• Write efficient SQL queries and Python scripts for data transformation and analysis
• Collaborate with data scientists analysts and stakeholders to translate requirements into robust data solutions
• Monitor pipeline performance troubleshoot issues and ensure data quality and reliability
• Document data workflows architectures and best practices
• Implement data governance security controls and compliance standards
• Mentor junior engineers and share technical knowledge across the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification
• Experience with Apache Airflow or other workflow orchestration tools
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code Terraform Deployment Manager
• Knowledge of dbt or similar data transformation frameworks
• Experience with real-time data streaming technologies Pub Sub Dataflow Streaming
• Exposure to additional cloud platforms AWS Azure

Position Details

Position Details Position Title Data Engineer GCP Location Remote Saudi Arabia Industry Software Engineering Experience Required 5 years Required Qualifications: 5-7 years of professional experience in data engineering Strong proficiency with Google Cloud Platform services, including BigQuery, Cloud Storage, and Dataflow Expert-level SQL skills and experience optimizing complex queries Advanced Python programming skills for data processing and automation Proven experience designing and maintaining scalable ETL/ELT workflows Solid understanding of data modeling, warehousing concepts, and best practices Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills