GCP Data Engineer
Netherlands
Freelance
We are supporting a technology consultancy that is looking for a hands-on Freelance GCP Data Engineer to support a specific, long-term client project in the Netherlands. This engagement is delivery-focused and suited to an engineer who enjoys building and optimising production-grade data pipelines in a cloud-native environment.
You will join an established delivery team working on a GCP-based data platform for a single enterprise client. The project involves designing, building, and improving scalable data pipelines to support analytics and downstream data products. The focus is on hands-on engineering, not presales or advisory work.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain end-to-end data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform
- Implement ELT/ETL workflows using BigQuery, Cloud Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Composer
- Develop and optimise transformations using SQL and Python
- Build and support batch and streaming data pipelines
- Design and optimise BigQuery datasets, including partitioning and clustering
- Implement monitoring, logging, and data quality checks
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments
- Troubleshoot and resolve performance, cost, and reliability issues in production
- Work closely with client engineers, architects, and stakeholders
Required Technical Skills
- Proven experience as a Data Engineer in cloud environments
- Strong, hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform
- Advanced BigQuery experience (query optimisation and cost control)
- Strong Python skills for data engineering
- Advanced SQL skills
- Experience with Dataflow / Apache Beam
- Infrastructure-as-code experience (preferably Terraform)
- Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines
Language & Location Requirements
- Fluent Dutch is required (spoken and written)
- English proficiency for technical documentation and collaboration
Nice to Have
- Experience with dbt or analytics engineering practices
- Streaming platforms such as Kafka
- Docker and Kubernetes (GKE) experience
- GCP certifications
- Experience working in consultancy or client-side delivery teams