10+ years experience in data engineering, architecture, or platform roles Strong expertise in GCP data stack: BigQuery, GCS, Dataplex, Data Catalog, Pub/Sub, Dataflow Hands-on experience building ETL/ELT pipelines with dbt + orchestration (Composer/Airflow/Dagster) Deep knowledge of data modeling, warehousing, partitioning/clustering strategies Experience with monitoring, reliability engineering, and observability for data systems Familiarity with data governance, lineage, and security policies (IAM, DLP, encryption) Strong SQL skills Solid knowledge of Python for data engineering