Principal Data Engineer - GCP | Hybrid |

As a Principal Data Engineer for Qodea, you'll engage with enterprise-level organisations offering a consultative view and direction on best practice Data Architecture using Google Cloud solutions. You'll play a key role in the technical delivery of complex and innovative data solutions for our customers across the Benelux region and the UK.

Exposure to a wide variety of modern data engineering services and tooling is a given and you will be expected to investigate the use of new technologies as they become available. You'll work alongside our market-leading engineers and architects to deliver complex projects and make valuable impacts for our customers.

If you have an interest in working on innovative projects with cutting edge technology using Google Cloud Platform, this job could be a great opportunity for you.

With this particular role, previous hands-on experience with GCP services is a requirement.

Responsibilities:

The purpose of this role is to engage with enterprise-level organisations, offering a consultative view and direction on best practice data architecture using Google Cloud solutions. The key areas of responsibility for a Principal Data Engineer include:

Lead client engagements and project delivery:

• Lead client engagements and team lead on client-facing delivery projects
• Consult, design, coordinate architecture to modernise infrastructure for performance, scalability, latency, and reliability
• Identify, scope, and participate in the design and delivery of cloud data platform solutions

Deliver highly scalable big data architecture solutions using Google Cloud Technology:

• Create and maintain appropriate standards and best practices around Google Cloud SQL, BigQuery, and other data technologies
• Design and execute a platform modernization approach for customers' data environments
• Document and share technical best practices/insights with engineering colleagues and the Data Engineering community
• Mentor and develop engineers within the Qodea Data Team and within our customers' engineering teams
• Act as the point of escalation with client-facing problems that need solving

• Strong experience as a Senior / Principal Cloud Data Engineer, with a solid track record of migrating large volumes of of data through the use of cloud data services and modern tooling
• Experience working for large enterprise organisations either as an internal resource or as a 3rd party consultant
• Significant experience of coding in Python and Scala or Java
• Experience with big data processing tools such as Hadoop (preferred) or Spark
• Cloud experience; GCP specifically in this case, including services such as Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, GCS, Secret Manager, Vertex AI etc.
• Experience with Terraform
• Prior experience in a customer-facing consultancy role would be highly desirable
• Experience in working with agile software engineering teams

About Qodea

Qodea (formally Appsbroker CTS) is the largest Google Cloud-only digital consultancy in Europe. Our name marks the culmination of a journey which began with the merger of Appsbroker and CTS in 2023. Combining the words ‘code’ and ‘idea’, our name embodies the essence of who we are and what we do; providing tried and trusted digital solutions, whilst helping our clients look to the future and innovate.

As a purpose-driven, certified B Corp, we strive to be great to work with and great to work for. We’re lucky to have some fantastic household names as customers, and fantastic colleagues delivering the ideas, technologies, and impacts that matter.

With offices across Europe, you’ll be joining a dynamic team of talented but down-to-earth experts, with a presence across the UK, the Netherlands, Romania, and Belgium. 

By joining forces, both companies bring over 15 years of Google Cloud experience under one roof, with over 420+ Google certifications, a list of brilliant enterprise customers, incredibly talented people, and multiple industry awards - meaning we can be trusted to deliver.

• 35 days off each year including Bank Holidays (and your birthday off)
• Private healthcare scheme
• Company pension 
• Flexible working culture
• Work from Anywhere policy (up to 90 days per year)
• 10 paid Learning Days each year in addition to annual leave
• Company events - opportunities to meet colleagues you don’t see every day
• Regular opportunities for industry recognised training and certifications
• Learning and development opportunities
• Opportunities to develop within a fast growing-tech business with ambitious growth and impact goals

Location:

This role can be either fully remote or hybrid based depending on your preference. We have an office in Utrecht which you can choose to work from as often as you like. There is no mandatory office working, but you might be expected to travel to offices or customer sites for specific meetings or events.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At Qodea, we look after each other in an environment where everyone can work together to achieve great things. We’re proud of our people-first culture that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion creates a dynamic community, unlocks innovation and great ideas, and unites us around a common purpose - and we look for talented people to join us who share these values.