Talencia Consulting - Senior Data Engineer, Uccle

Senior Data Engineer (GCP / Data platform)

About the opportunity

Our client is looking for a highly senior Data Engineer to strengthen its Data Platform team.

We are looking for someone capable of designing scalable cloud-native data solutions while mentoring engineers and driving best practices across the platform.

Your responsibilities

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will play a central role in the design, evolution, and optimization of the company's cloud data platform.

Your responsibilities will include:

Data platform&architecture:

Design and implement scalable Data Lake and Data Warehouse solutions on GCP

Define end-to-end technical flows using:

BigQuery

Dataform

Cloud Run

Pub/Sub

APIs

Support migration initiatives from legacy systems to modern cloud-native GCP environments

Design robust and scalable real-time data integration solutions

Ensure platform scalability, maintainability, and reliability

Data engineering&governance:

Structure and historize data coming from multiple business domains

Ensure data is reliable, accessible, and easily consumable for:

Data Scientists

Reporting teams

Business stakeholders

Define and maintain best practices around:

Data Warehouse design

IAM&privacy

Data governance

Cloud architecture standards

Contribute to AI/ML deployment standards and platform evolution

Leadership&collaboration:

Coach and mentor Data Engineers on complex technical challenges

Act as a senior technical reference point within the team

Collaborate closely with Product Owners and business stakeholders

Translate functional requirements into actionable technical solutions and work packages

Promote engineering best practices and help raise the overall maturity level of the platform team

FinOps&optimization:

Optimize GCP resource usage and cloud costs

Contribute to performance improvements and operational efficiency initiatives

Ideal profile

8+ years of experience in Data Engineering or similar roles

Strong expertise with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Solid experience within Data Warehouse environments

Proven experience on legacy-to-cloud migration projects

Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and scalable data platforms

Good knowledge of real-time integration patterns and API-based architectures

Exposure to AI-related initiatives is considered a strong plus

Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Comfortable working in a highly autonomous and senior environment

Fluent English required + French or Dutch