BigQuery And Dataform Platform Engineering

Overview

Use this skill when BigQuery is the center of gravity for analytics engineering and data delivery on GCP. It helps agents decide what should run in BigQuery, what belongs in Dataform, and when the workflow should move to Dataflow, Dataproc, or external orchestration.

When to Use

• designing or reviewing BigQuery physical models
• deciding between Dataform, dbt, Dataflow, or Dataproc responsibilities
• tuning partitioning, clustering, slots, and cost behavior
• defining ingestion and transformation boundaries on GCP
• building platform-native analytics workflows around BigQuery

Do not treat BigQuery as a universal default for every preprocessing and orchestration need.

Workflow