Cloud Engineer

ONLY W2 We are currently seeking a Lead Cloud Data Platform Engineer to apply deep technical skills to create data products, develop AI-based automation tools, and build a world-class cloud analytics capability for Wells Fargo’s Cyber Security Data Ecosystem on a Hybrid cloud. About the Role The successful candidate will continually innovate and pioneer the use of new technologies, and drive adoption of these amongst a team of talented data engineers. You will be an integral part of our migration from our on-premises systems to the Google Azure cloud. You will be a vital member of an agile team helping to lead the design and hands-on implementation of modern data processing capabilities. This is a visible role that allows you to share your knowledge and skills with other developers and product teams in a collaborative environment. Responsibilities: • Implement and operationalize modern AI-enabled data capabilities on Google Cloud to ingest, transform, and distribute data for a variety of big data apps • Leverage AI/Agentic frameworks to automate data management, governance, and data consumption capabilities - data pipelines, data quality, metadata, data compliance, etc. • Work within a matrix org. with principal engineers, product managers, and data engineers to roadmap, plan, and deliver key data capabilities based on priority Qualifications: • Demonstrable skills (recent) using AI tools such as LangChain, LangGraph/ADK, agentic frameworks, RAG, GraphRAG, and using MCP to build agent-based data capabilities • 5+ years of experience in data engineering including hands-on experience working with Cloud data solutions: creating/supporting Spark based ingestion and processing • 3+ years of experience with Data lakehouse architecture and design, including hands-on experience with Python, pySpark, Kafka, Airflow, Google Cloud Storage, BigQuery, Data Proc, Cloud Composer • Hands-on experience developing data flows using Kafka, Flink, and Spark streaming Required Skills: • Proven experience using AI to auto-generate data engineering related code, context engineering and prompt engineering • Deep background on cloud-based data lakes and warehouses, and automated data pipelines Preferred Skills: • Public cloud certifications such as GCP Professional Data Engineer, Azure Data Engineer, or AWS Specialty Data Analytics • Web based UI development using React and Node JS is a plus W2/// Hybrid (3 days/week office)