Senior Data Engineer — GCP

We're a scrappy startup, funded by Asia's largest cloud provider, building the next generation of data solutions from the ground up. We're a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers. If you're tired of red tape and want to build impactful, cutting-edge systems while having your voice heard, you've found your home.

About the role

Megazone Cloud is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to help lead and define our data-driven culture on Google Cloud. You are a “builder” at heart, a seasoned expert who thrives on solving complex problems. You have a startup mentality, a thirst for knowledge, and the ability to lead projects and mentor others.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and lead: Architect and own scalable, high-performance data platforms and pipelines on Google Cloud — not just maintain them.
• Define the data ecosystem: Drive the strategy for a client's data environment, leveraging BigQuery and the GCP data stack to create powerful, efficient data models.
• Write and review critical code: Develop clean, optimized, and automated solutions using Python and SQL. Set the standard for code quality and run rigorous, kind code reviews.
• Face the client: Lead technical discussions in your workstream — demos, working sessions, architecture reviews, and knowledge-transfer workshops — and translate business requirements into technical decisions.
• De-risk: Prototype solutions, evaluate new services, and surface risks before they become escalations.
• Collaborate and multiply: Act as a key “force multiplier” within our cross-functional US and offshore teams, and mentor junior engineers into engineers you'd want on your next project.
• Be a flexible leader: Embrace a “builder” mentality. In a startup, you'll have the flexibility to solve diverse challenges, and your voice will be critical in shaping our technical roadmap.

The Stack We Build On

• Warehouse & compute: BigQuery — partitioning, clustering, authorized views, BI Engine, BigQuery ML
• Ingestion & streaming: Datastream, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, Cloud Functions / Cloud Run, Cloud Storage
• Transformation: Dataform or dbt — SQL models, assertions/tests, Git-based workflows
• Orchestration: Cloud Composer (Airflow), Cloud Workflows, Eventarc
• Governance & catalog: Dataplex / Knowledge Catalog — glossary, policy tags, lineage, column-level security
• Observability: Cloud Monitoring + Logging — SLIs/SLOs, alerting, data quality metrics
• IaC & CI/CD: Terraform, GitHub Actions, Secret Manager, least-privilege IAM
• Analytics & AI: Looker, Power BI, Vertex AI, Gemini

Requirements

• 5–8+ years of professional data engineering experience.
• Deep, expert-level proficiency with Python.
• Deep, expert-level proficiency with SQL.
• Hands-on, expert-level experience with BigQuery and the wider Google Cloud data stack.
• Hands-on experience with a SQL transformation framework — Dataform or dbt.
• Deep expertise in designing and architecting scalable data platforms, including batch and streaming ingestion patterns.
• Strong infrastructure-as-code practice — Terraform (or equivalent) and CI/CD.
• Proven ability to lead complex, ambiguous projects from conception to delivery.
• Experience mentoring other engineers and helping to level up the team.
• Exceptional communication skills, the flexibility to think fast, and the credibility to present a decision to technical and non-technical audiences alike.
• A “builder” mindset, a startup mentality, and a genuine thirst for knowledge.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with GenAI, AI/ML frameworks, and MLOps — including data modeling and metadata that gets a client ready for agentic workloads.
• Looker / LookML, Power BI, or other BI tooling on top of a cloud warehouse.
• Change-data-capture and real-time streaming at production scale.
• Data governance and catalog work — glossary, policy tags, lineage, data contracts.
• Cross-platform depth — AWS, Databricks, or Snowflake. We meet clients where they are.
• Certifications in GCP, Databricks, Snowflake, or AWS.

Benefits

• Our Product is Our People: We live by this. We invest in people who invest in themselves. Your growth is our growth.
• True Servant Leadership: Our CTO leads with a "force multiplier" philosophy. Management is here to empower you and clear roadblocks, not to micromanage. We won't ask you to do anything we're not willing to do ourselves.
• Flat Organization, Real Impact: Your voice and designs will directly shape our technical roadmap and our clients' success. You'll work on the latest tech to solve real problems.
• A "Learn-from-it" Culture: We're moving fast and building new things. We believe mistakes are learning opportunities, not failures.

Pay

Compensation Range: $145K - $165K