FDE - Data Engineer

Who We AreAt Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world's leading businesses. We are at the heart of progress; with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people-Kyndryls-that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive.The RoleYour roleAt Kyndryl, Forward Deployed Engineers work where data, cloud, and AI become real. This is not a traditional consulting role or a back-office engineering position. Forward Deployed Engineers embed directly with customers to design, build, and deploy modern data solutions that operate in complex, regulated, production environments.As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Data Engineering & GCP, you will own defined delivery workstreams within customer engagements, designing and building scalable data platforms, pipelines, and data products primarily on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).You will operate with growing independence in customer environments, combining strong hands-on Data Engineering expertise with business context. You will translate ambiguous business and data challenges into robust, production-ready solutions, from rapid prototypes and MVPs through industrialization and production deployment.The role sits at the intersection of Data Engineering, Cloud Architecture, AI enablement, consulting, and delivery accountability. You will work across the data lifecycle-from ingestion and transformation to orchestration, governance, observability, and data serving-creating trusted data foundations for analytics, operational workloads, Machine Learning, and Generative AI.You will use modern engineering and AI-assisted development tools to accelerate solution design, coding, testing, troubleshooting, and deployment, while building t