Lead QA Automation Engineer

Abu Dhabi
Permanent
Full-time

2 months ago

Project descriptionWe are looking for a Lead QA Engineer to play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our data platforms. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining test automation frameworks for our data pipelines, ETL processes, and backend systems. This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies in a highly dynamic and collaborative environment. As a key player in test automation, you will drive quality improvement initiatives, work closely with development teams, and contribute to a shift-left approach in our data operations. You'll be at the forefront of ensuring that our data infrastructure supports global investment strategy and mission.Responsibilities

-Design and maintain automated test frameworks (unit, integration, end-to-end), -Test Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and Databricks Runtime features, -Validate data correctness, schema evolution, and transformations, -Automate API and backend testing (REST/gRPC), -Run performance, scalability, and fault-tolerance tests, -Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, -Collaborate closely with platform, infra, and ML engineers

SKILLSMust have

- Minimum 8 years in QA Automation. - Solid understanding of PySpark (3y+) - Hands-on experience with backend and API testing, including REST services, authentication, and data validation - Experience with test automation tools - Strong knowledge of SQL and Python for creating test scripts. - Familiarity with data warehouses and ETL tools for quality testing. - Understanding of CI/CD processes and integration. - Fast learner with the ability to adapt to new technologies and tools. - Experience in the BSFI domain. - Strong architectural ownership, - Team management and developer collaboration, - QA leadership.

Nice to have

Experience testing big data or analytics platforms such as Databricks • Understanding of the Investment Data Domain. • Familiarity with ServiceNow for incident tracking. • Familiarity with Dynatrace or Datadog for system observability and monitoring. • ISTQB certification or equivalent testing certification.

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