Data Engineer GCP

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse. 

Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences.  Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work. 

We are looking for a Data Engineer with experience working with GCP to join us on a permanent basis. You can either join us in our growing Mumbai team or join us remotely from across India.

Step into a pivotal Data Engineer role at VML, where you'll be instrumental in building and maintaining robust data pipelines and infrastructure across various critical workstreams, including media data warehousing, business operations, and marketing experimentation. You'll leverage cutting-edge Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services to design scalable data solutions, implement API integrations, and contribute to event-driven architectures. This is an excellent opportunity to apply strong technical problem-solving skills, advance your data engineering capabilities, and gain a foundational understanding of diverse data domains. You'll contribute to creating centralized, reliable data sources that inform critical business decisions, working within a collaborative team environment to drive innovation and efficiency, directly impacting how we use data to test hypotheses, optimize strategies, and achieve measurable outcomes.

What you'll be doing:

• Designing, developing, and deploying robust ETL/ELT data pipelines using Python, JavaScript, and SQL to integrate various 3rd party data sources and power critical business functions.
• Automating the integration of diverse data sources at scale, ensuring data accuracy and timeliness for media data warehouses and other critical systems.
• Leveraging a comprehensive suite of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services including BigQuery, Cloud Run, and Scheduler for efficient data processing, orchestration, and designing scalable data solutions.
• Performing data modeling and transformations using dbt and SQL to structure and refine data, supporting data-driven decision-making and ensuring data quality.
• Managing and version controlling pipeline code, configurations, and infrastructure changes using Git, ensuring collaborative development and deployment.
• Troubleshooting and optimizing existing data pipelines to enhance reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Applying infrastructure-as-code principles for provisioning and managing data resources and environments, potentially using tools like Terraform.
• Developing and integrating APIs for complex data ingestion, seamless data flow, and connectivity across various systems.
• Exploring and integrating streaming data technologies like Kafka or Pub/Sub for real-time data needs and contributing to event-driven architectures.
• Implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to automate the testing, deployment, and monitoring of data solutions.
• Translating marketing experiment business briefs into actionable data solutions, including building and deploying audiences for marketing experiments.
• Collaborating closely with stakeholders to understand requirements, provide insights, and ensure data solutions meet business needs, applying an analytical background to deepen expertise in data analysis and experimentation.

What we want from you:

• Professional experience in data engineering or a similar role.
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services including BigQuery, Cloud Run, and Scheduler.
• Proficiency in SQL for data manipulation and analysis.
• Strong programming skills in Python.
• Experience with dbt.
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts, ETL/ELT processes, and data modeling.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code principles.
• Experience with API Development.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a proactive attitude.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable Attributes:

• Programming skills in JavaScript.
• Knowledge of streaming data processing concepts (e.g., Kafka, Pub/Sub) and experience with event-driven architecture.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with Terraform.
• Relevant GCP certifications are a plus.
• An analytical background.
• Hands-on experience with additional GCP services such as Pub/Sub and Firestore.
• Familiarity with Postman.

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we'll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We'll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

Our personality and behaviours: We believe that we are what we do, not just what we say. Our shared values and behaviours show how to bring the VML Enterprise Solution's culture to life through the actions we all take every day:

• Connect Meaningfully
• Inspire Creatively
• Include Purposefully
• Approach Positively

Our brilliant, talented people are what makes VML Enterprise Solutions what we are. That's why we look for people who go beyond and always push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world's leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4,200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving multi-channel growth for world-leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury's, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We've built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, BigCommerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we're looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client's successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

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