Technical Lead

Vibehackers; Pleasanton (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Vibehackers in Pleasanton, CA is seeking a Senior GCP Engineer / Technical Lead to design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud data solutions on Google Cloud Platform. This hands-on role requires onsite work in Pleasanton and a focus on data pipelines, warehousing, and infrastructure.

You will work with BigQuery, AlloyDB, DBT, and Airflow to deliver reliable, secure data systems, implement CI/CD, and apply vibe coding and clean code practices across the project.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of IT experience with strong hands-on development expertise.
• Strong foundation and hands-on experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Advanced SQL skills and experience working with BigQuery.
• Experience with AlloyDB and DBT.
• Experience with workflow orchestration using Composer / Airflow.
• Experience with infrastructure automation using Terraform.
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills; excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Must be a hands-on developer (not a coordination-only role).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Work hands-on with BigQuery for data warehousing and analytics.
• Develop and manage relational workloads using AlloyDB.
• Build and maintain data transformation pipelines using DBT.
• Orchestrate workflows using Cloud Composer (Apache Airflow).
• Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data and cloud workloads.
• Write efficient SQL queries for data modeling, transformation, and reporting.
• Follow modern development practices, including vibe coding and clean code standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure performance, security, scalability, and reliability.

Skills

GCP

BigQuery

SQL

AlloyDB

DBT

Airflow

Terraform

CI/CD

Hands-on development

Vibe coding

Tools

AlloyDB

DBT

Terraform

Cloud Composer (Airflow)

BigQuery

Job description

Explicitly mentions vibe coding as a required modern development practice for the role.

About the Role

Senior GCP Engineer / Technical Lead to design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud data solutions on Google Cloud Platform, with hands-on responsibility for data pipelines, warehousing, and infrastructure. The role requires onsite work in Pleasanton and emphasizes modern data engineering practices and 'vibe coding'.

Job Description

Role

Senior GCP Engineer / Technical Lead responsible for designing, developing, deploying, and optimizing cloud-based data solutions on Google Cloud Platform. This is a hands-on developer role with an expectation to work onsite in Pleasanton.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Work hands-on with BigQuery for data warehousing and analytics.
• Develop and manage relational workloads using AlloyDB.
• Build and maintain data transformation pipelines using DBT.
• Orchestrate workflows using Cloud Composer (Apache Airflow).
• Implement infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data and cloud workloads.
• Write efficient SQL queries for data modeling, transformation, and reporting.
• Follow modern development practices, including vibe coding and clean code standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure performance, security, scalability, and reliability.

Requirements

• 6+ years of overall IT experience with strong hands-on development expertise.
• Strong foundation and hands-on experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Advanced SQL skills and experience working with BigQuery.
• Experience with AlloyDB and DBT.
• Experience with workflow orchestration using Composer / Airflow.
• Experience with infrastructure automation using Terraform.
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills; excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Must be a hands-on developer (not a coordination-only role).

Location & Work Model

• The role requires working onsite from Pleasanton (onsite position).

Notes

• The posting explicitly references “vibe coding” and modern development practices as expectations for the role.

Skills

Cloud Architecture Data Engineering Data Modeling SQL CI/CD Infrastructure as Code Workflow Orchestration Problem Solving Debugging Communication Collaboration Hands-on Development Clean Code Vibe Coding