Job Description
GCP Data Platform Engineer
Location: Remote, USA
Employment type: Contract
Indicative rate: $65–$75/hr
Contract GCP Data Platform Engineer work centers on supporting cloud data platforms and the datasets, models, and pipelines that power products and reporting. Responsibilities may include BigQuery development, PostgreSQL operations, and Python-based data engineering. The role combines platform development with practical production support, including database performance and data solution maintenance.
Core skills
- Google Cloud Platform
- BigQuery
- PostgreSQL
- Python
- SQL
- Data modeling
- Data pipelines
- Cloud SQL
Required qualifications
- Experience developing or maintaining data platforms on Google Cloud.
- Hands-on experience with BigQuery datasets, models, views, or reporting pipelines.
- Experience with PostgreSQL schema design, queries, indexes, or migrations.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL for data platform development.
- Experience building or improving data pipelines and analytical data solutions.
- Ability to support production database or data platform operations.
