Job Description
Job DescriptionJob Title: Senior GCP Cloud Developer (Developer Enablement Focus)Location: Minneapolis, MN Job Summary:We are looking for a Senior GCP Cloud Developer to join our team with a focus ondeveloper enablement. In this role, you will empower developers who are new to cloud-based deployments, providing guidance, building tools, and establishing best practices forworking within Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will act as a bridge between cloudinfrastructure and development teams, ensuring that developers can seamlessly adoptcloud technologies, improve workflows, and deliver scalable, cloud-native applications. Key Responsibilities:• Developer Enablement: Provide guidance and technical mentorship to developers,helping them understand cloud-native development principles, GCP services, andbest practices for deploying applications in the cloud.• Cloud Tooling: Work with Platform Engineering to design and build internal tools,libraries, and frameworks that simplify cloud development processes and improvedeveloper productivity on GCP.• Training & Documentation: Develop comprehensive documentation, runworkshops, and oLer hands-on support to upskill developers on cloud deploymentpipelines, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and GCP service usage.• Cloud Best Practices: Advocate for and implement best practices for clouddevelopment, including microservices architecture, serverless computing,containerization, and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD).• Developer Collaboration: Collaborate closely with software development,operations, and platform teams to ensure that cloud infrastructure is developer-friendly, secure, and scalable.• Code Reviews & Support: Conduct code reviews and provide feedback on cloud-based implementations, ensuring they meet security, performance, and scalabilitystandards.• Automated Deployments: Help build and optimize CI/CD pipelines, enablingseamless and automated deployments for teams inexperienced with cloudEnvironments.• Cloud-Native Solutions: Assist in the design and implementation of cloud-nativesolutions, using GCP services such as Cloud Functions, App Engine, GKE, BigQuery,and Pub/Sub.• Performance Tuning & Optimization: Assist teams in performance tuning, costoptimization, and scaling of cloud applications and infrastructure.• Feedback Loop: Collect feedback from developers and continuously improve thedeveloper experience for cloud-based projects, ensuring they have the necessarytools and support. Required Skills & Qualifications:• Experience: 5+ years of experience in software development with at least 2 yearsworking on GCP or other cloud platforms.• Cloud Development Expertise: Strong experience with GCP services, includingcompute (GCE, GKE), serverless (Cloud Functions, App Engine), databases(Firestore, Cloud SQL), and networking (VPC, Cloud Load Balancing).• Programming Skills: Proficiency in one or more programming languages such asPython, Java, Go, or Node.js, with experience in building and deploying cloud-nativeapplications.• Developer Enablement: Proven experience mentoring or enabling developers towork in cloud environments, with the ability to simplify complex cloud concepts forthose unfamiliar with them.• CI/CD & Automation: Hands-on experience with building CI/CD pipelines andautomating cloud deployments using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CloudBuild.• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Knowledge of infrastructure automation and IaCtools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Deployment Manager.• Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communication skills with the abilityto work closely with cross-functional teams, explain technical concepts clearly, anddevelop strong documentation.Preferred Qualifications:• GCP Professional Cloud Developer or GCP Professional Cloud Architectcertification.• Experience working with containerization and orchestration technologies such asDocker and Kubernetes.• Familiarity with serverless architectures and event-driven design patterns.• Knowledge of cloud security practices and designing secure, scalable applicationsin GCP.