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Software Engineer - Data Engineering GCP - Ford Motor Company
Software Engineer
Lead the design, development, and maintenance of high‑performance data pipelines on GCP, modernising legacy ETL systems and building scalable analytics platforms.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Gather business requirements and translate them into robust data engineering solutions.
- Design, develop, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines and workflows using GCP services.
- Lead the migration of legacy ETL systems (e.g., DataStage/JCL) to GCP‑native services.
- Build and optimise pipelines with BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and Airflow.
- Integrate data from diverse sources, ensuring data quality, reliability, and performance.
- Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and stakeholders to deliver actionable insights.
Requirements
- Proven experience with GCP data services, especially BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and Airflow.
- Strong background in ETL/ELT design and implementation.
- Hands‑on experience migrating legacy ETL systems such as DataStage or JCL.
- Solid understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, and performance tuning.
- Excellent problem‑solving skills and a collaborative mindset.