Principal Cloud Database Engineer

About this role

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 database platforms (e.g., MCP, data agents, context engineering, anomaly detection, query optimization).
• Consult with application teams to enable **data pipelines for AI/ML workloads**.
• Evaluate and adopt **AI-assisted database operations** and automation solutions.
• Drive initiatives on **AI-enabled observability and self-healing systems**.

Operational Excellence

• Establish best practices for **backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and compliance**.
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