Principal Cloud Database Engineer

We are seeking a Principal Cloud Database Engineer (GCP & AI) to drive architecture, engineering, and innovation across enterprise-scale database platforms. This role will lead modernization efforts using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services such as Cloud SQL, AlloyDB, and Spanner while integrating AI-driven capabilities into database operations and data platforms.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in relational database systems and cloud architecture with hands-on exposure to AI/ML technologies to enable intelligent, automated, and scalable data solutions.

Technical Leadership

• Lead architecture design and engineering for GCP relational database platforms (Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL, Cloud SQL for SQL Server, AlloyDB, Spanner). • Define and implement enterprise database standards aligned with security, scalability, and performance best practices. • Drive modernization initiatives including database migrations to GCP using tools such as DMS, Striim and migration frameworks.

Cloud & Platform Engineering

• Design highly available, resilient, and cost-optimized database solutions on GCP. • Implement infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform. • Enable secure connectivity patterns (IAM, VPC, Private Service Access, Private Service Connect, serverless integrations). • Lead Cloud Databases financial accounting, performance tuning, capacity planning, and database reliability engineering.

AI & Data Innovation

• Integrate AI/ML capabilities into…