Lead QA Engineer

Job#: 2071187

Job Description:

Role: Lead QA Engineer

Location: 4x/week onsite in Austin, TX (78735)

Salary: 110k up to 15% BonBenefits

Full Time (Direct Hire)

In this role, the QA Data Engineer provides continuous automated and manual testing of data sets for use in internal data systems and for delivery from internal systems. Data sets can be in several formats, depending on source data and requirements, including JSON, XML, CSV or RDF. The QA Data Engineer works under the technology QA team alongside the data engineers.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Partner with Data Engineering development teams to enable code delivery, automated testing, and assurance of product reliability.
• Communicate and enforce data quality management policies, processes, and procedures.
• Create effective test plans related to functional testing and end-to-end testing for ETL, database and reports.
• Review requirements, specifications, and technical documentation to provide meaningful feedback.
• Articulate test results, progress, and milestones to leadership and development teams
• Support UI testing efforts in conjunction with backend functionality.
• Create jobs and scripts to automatically test the quality of data throughout our data lakehouse and warehouse environments.
• Create, document, and execute test cases to support product releases.

Position Specifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Highly proficient in Python and SQL.
• Proficient in testing micro service APIs, understanding API contract details with the ability to translate from requirements to test cases in Postman or another test management environment.
• 4 years of experience in an SDET / QA Automation Engineering role testing both front end and back-end components
• 3 years of experience with test case creation, testing APIs; frameworks, scripts in either Python or SQL.
• 3 years of experience with SQL, complex SQL queries.
• Ability to perform exploratory data analysis beyond acceptance criteria to cover edge cases.
• Experience in DevOps and CI/CD related pipeline technologies.
• Preferred experience in a public cloud environment, preferably Azure.
• Preferred experience in testing data pipelines built in Python.
• Preferred experience in Data governance and Metadata Management.
• Have understanding of Pandas/Pyspark to test in a notebook environment (Databricks, Google Colab, Jupyter).
• Ability to work independently, solve problems, update the stake holders.
• Analyze, design, develop and deploy solutions as per business requirements.
• Ability to identify defects in edge-case scenarios.
• Excellent written, verbal communication skills, including experience in technical documentation and ability to communicate with senior business managers and executives.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills in large data warehousing environments.

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.

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