Data engineer GCP in financial services

Quanteam, founding entity of RAINBOW PARTNERS, is a consulting firm specialized in Banking and Financial Services. With more than 1200 consultants across 10 countries, we combine business and IT expertise to support leading institutions in transformation projects. Our core areas: ➡ Quantitative Finance ➡ Risk & Compliance ➡ Operations & Finance ➡ Transformation & Organization ➡ Information Systems We are looking for a Data Engineer GCP to join our team.

• Design, develop and maintain scalable data pipelines, data models, datasets and analytics solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Provide hands-on engineering support for Commercial, HEOR, Finance and other enterprise data initiatives.
• Lead architecture and solution design decisions for new and existing data products.
• Design and maintain logical and physical data models for analytics and reporting.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable and maintainable data solutions.
• Participate in technical design sessions, architecture discussions and brainstorming activities.
• Conduct technical and code reviews, ensuring engineering standards and best practices.
• Develop and optimize solutions using BigQuery, Cloud Storage, IAM and other GCP data services.
• Build and maintain data transformation and orchestration processes using SQL, Python, dbt and workflow technologies.
• Troubleshoot complex data pipeline, data quality, performance, access and integration issues across DEV, UAT and PROD environments.
• Collaborate with platform engineering teams on infrastructure, security, networking, monitoring and deployment requirements.
• Ensure compliance with data governance, security, data quality, SDLC and change management standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve scalability, automation, observability, performance and developer experience.
• Maintain technical documentation, data models and engineering standards.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, Cloud Data Engineering or a related technical role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud-based data platforms.
• Advanced experience with BigQuery, including SQL development, data modelling, query optimization and large-scale analytical workloads.
• Strong programming and data transformation skills using SQL and Python.
• Experience with dbt and data workflow/orchestration technologies.
• Experience with Git-based development and CI/CD practices, preferably using GitLab.
• Working knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts.
• Experience designing scalable data architectures and leading technical design decisions.
• Ability to combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership, including code reviews and technical guidance.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot complex data and platform issues.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with US-based and global stakeholders.
• Fluency in English is mandatory.
• Based in Portugal, with availability to work in Lisbon or Porto.
• Available to work in US Eastern Time (Boston), meaning approximately 5 hours behind Portugal.

• This role offers a gross annual salary between 45.000€ to 60.000€, defined according to the candidate’s experience and competencies
• Permanent contract (CTI).
• Meal allowance.
• Health Insurance.
• Extra holiday: Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve.
• Access to Quanteam Academy for continuous learning and certifications.
• Elevate Program to support professional development and career growth.
• Career progression plan.
• Ongoing follow-up and technical support provided by a Consultant Expert