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Data Engineer GCP required by high growth tech company.

Salary: To £55,000 + up to 20% Bonus + Share Options , 25 days holidays, Healthcare, Social Events

Location: Hybrid – London Office 3 days a week, 2 days WFH

Environment: People who thrive in scale-up cultures, ambitious, resourceful and motivated by growth. Sociable & collaborative.

Looking for a skilled and results-driven Data Engineer with hands-on experience in GCP specifically Dataform and Cloud Run, an expertise in SQL with experience with Mage or airflow essential along with Python.

You will build, maintain and optimise the data infrastructure as well as enabling teams to access, understand and act on the date that drives strategic decisions.

Ensure reliable and efficient data flow from diverse sources, including external web data into their central data warehouse. Act as a proactive insights analyst, directly supporting teams. Turning raw, complex data into usable analysis, responding to ad-hoc requests, proactively spotting critical trends and empowering reams to make faster, better decisions based on precise data intelligence.

Skills Required:-

  • 2+ years of experience in a Data Engineering role focused on building and maintaining data pipelines and data models.

  • Experience with GCP (Google Cloud Platform) particularity with Dataform for data transformation and Cloud Run to containerise jobs.

  • Python for data manipulation, scripting and developing robust data extraction solutions.

  • Expertise in SQL working with large datasets in cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks or Snowflake

  • Mage or airflow experience essential

  • Degree educated

    This is a Hybrid role working in their London office 3 days a week.

    If you have a passion for learning and developing and enjoy working in a fast-paced tech environment, apply now.

    Zorba Consulting is operating as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for supplying temporary workers

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