GCP Application Developer - Python/Node.js/Java

Role : GCP Application DeveloperRole Summary :

We're looking for an experienced GCP Developer to join our team. This is a hands-on application development role, focused on designing and building cloud-native applications, APIs, and microservices on Google Cloud Platform, with depth in serverless development using Cloud Functions and Cloud Run. The ideal candidate writes clean, well-tested code, designs robust APIs, and builds scalable, event-driven services. The role involves owning features end to end, providing technical leadership, mentoring junior developers, and working closely with product, QA, and DevOps teams to ship high-quality software.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and deploy cloud-native applications, RESTful APIs, and microservices on Google Cloud Platform

• Build serverless applications using Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, and App Engine

• Develop event-driven services using Pub/Sub and Eventarc, integrating with Cloud SQL, Firestore, and BigQuery

• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code in Python, Node.js, Java, or Go, following strong engineering practices

• Design data models and integrate applications with relational and NoSQL databases such as Cloud SQL, Firestore, and Spanner

• Containerise and deploy microservices using Docker, Cloud Run, and GKE where appropriate

• Implement application-level security, including authentication and authorisation (Identity Platform, OAuth2/JWT, IAM) and secure secrets handling via Secret Manager

• Write unit and integration testing, conduct code reviews, and uphold engineering standards

• Collaborate with product, QA, and DevOps teams to translate business requirements into application features, integrating with CI/CD pipelines such as Cloud Build or GitHub Actions

• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimise application performance, scalability, and cost, while mentoring junior developers.

Required Skill & Qualification :

• Hands on application development experience, including strong experience in building applications on GCP.

• Strong programming skills in Python, Node.js, Java, or Go.

• Deep hands-on expertise in serverless application development with Cloud Functions and Cloud Run

• Proven experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices using API Gateway or Apigee

• Strong experience with GCP data services such as Cloud SQL, Firestore, Spanner, and BigQuery

• Experience building event-driven architectures using Pub/Sub and Eventarc

• Experience with containers (Docker, GKE, Cloud Run) and API security (OAuth2/JWT, IAM, Identity Platform)