Talencia Consulting - Senior Data Engineer

About the opportunity

Our client is looking for a highly senior Data Engineer to strengthen its Data Platform team. We are looking for someone capable of designing scalable cloud‑native data solutions while mentoring engineers and driving best practices across the platform.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a central role in the design, evolution, and optimization of the company's cloud data platform.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Data platform & architecture:
  • Design and implement scalable Data Lake and Data Warehouse solutions on GCP
  • Define end‑to‑end technical flows using:
    • Big Query
    • Dataform
    • Cloud Run
    • Pub/Sub
    • APIs
  • Support migration initiatives from legacy systems to modern cloud‑native GCP environments
  • Design robust and scalable real‑time data integration solutions
  • Ensure platform scalability, maintainability, and reliability
• Data engineering & governance:
  • Structure and historize data coming from multiple business domains
  • Ensure data is reliable, accessible, and easily consumable for:
    • Data Scientists
    • Reporting teams
    • Business stakeholders
  • Define and maintain best practices around:
    • Data Warehouse design
    • IAM & privacy
    • Data governance
    • Cloud architecture standards
  • Contribute to AI/ML deployment standards and platform evolution
• Leadership & collaboration:
  • Coach and mentor Data Engineers on complex technical challenges
  • Act as a senior technical reference point within the team
  • Collaborate closely with Product Owners and business stakeholders
  • Translate functional requirements into actionable technical solutions and work packages
  • Promote engineering best practices and help raise the overall maturity level of the platform team
• Fin Ops & optimization:
  • Optimize GCP resource usage and cloud costs
  • Contribute to performance improvements and operational efficiency initiatives