GCP Spanner Data Engineer

Prodapt
  • Richardson, Texas
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Overview:

    Prodapt is the largest specialized player in the Connectedness industry. As an AI-first strategic technology partner, Prodapt provides consulting, business reengineering, and managed services for the largest telecom and tech enterprises building networks and digital experiences of tomorrow. A ServiceNow-invested company, Prodapt has been recognized by Gartner as a Large, Telecom-Native, Regional IT Service Provider. A “Great Place To Work® Certified” company, Prodapt employs over 6,000 technology and domain experts across the Americas, Europe, India, Africa, & Japan. Prodapt is part of the 130-year-old business conglomerate The Jhaver Group, which employs over 32,000 people across 80+ locations globally.

    Looking for a seasoned GCP Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain large-scale data pipelines and infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform. You will work closely with data architects, analysts, and product teams to deliver reliable, performant, and cost-efficient data solutions.

    Responsibilities:

    Design and implement scalable data pipelines using GCP-native services (Dataflow, Dataproc, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer/Airflow)
    Architect and optimize BigQuery datasets, tables, and queries for analytical workloads at scale
    Design and manage Cloud Spanner schemas for globally distributed, strongly consistent transactional data
    Build and maintain data models, transformations, and orchestration workflows using Cloud Workflows and related tools
    Develop backend data services and ETL/ELT scripts in Python
    Integrate and manage Firestore for real-time, document-oriented data use cases

    Design and manage the GraphQL schema
    Build highly optimized resolver functions that bridge the GraphQL schema directly to data warehouses
    Implement GraphQL Subscriptions to stream live data, event changes, or real-time metrics using message brokers like Apache Kafka
    Implement data governance, lineage, and quality frameworks using tools like Dataplex or Data Catalog
    Collaborate on infrastructure-as-code using Terraform for GCP resource provisioning
    Monitor pipeline health, optimize costs, and troubleshoot production issues
    Mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions and best practices

    Requirements:

    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

    10+ years of overall experience in data engineering or a related field
    5+ years of hands-on experience on Google Cloud Platform
    Strong proficiency in Python for data processing, automation, and pipeline development
    Deep expertise in BigQuery — schema design, partitioning, clustering, query optimization, cost governance
    Production experience with Cloud Spanner — schema design, interleaving, transaction patterns, and performance tuning
    Solid understanding of GCP data services: Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Dataproc, Cloud Composer
    Experience with Cloud Workflows for serverless orchestration
    Hands-on experience with Firestore (Native mode preferred) for NoSQL/document storage patterns
    Strong SQL skills and understanding of data warehousing concepts
    Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Cloud Build, GitHub Actions) and version control (Git)

    Preferred / Nice to Have
    Experience with dbt for transformation layer on BigQuery
    Familiarity with streaming architectures (exactly-once semantics, late data handling)
    Knowledge of data mesh or data lakehouse patterns
    Exposure to Vertex AI or ML pipelines for MLOps workflows
    GCP Professional Data Engineer certification

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    LocationRichardson, Texas

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