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Test Engineer - Data
£42,000 - 75,000
Randstad Technologies
Capability Green 200, Manchester
£42,000 - 75,000
Requirements
Must:
- Proven experience testing data-intensive backend systems, ETL/ELT processes, and financial data feeds.
- Strong proficiency in relational databases, ideally Microsoft SQL Server, including writing and optimizing complex SQL for data investigation.
- Experience with modern engineering tools such as Git, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS (or similar cloud platforms).
- Experience working in or around regulated environments (SOX, GDPR, DMA) or a strong willingness to learn.
- Exceptional ability to explain technical testing and data quality concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to use structured root-cause analysis (e.g., 5 whys) to debug complex data issues.
Responsibilities
- Set a strong testing strategy in line with organizational quality standards and coach teams on data testing practices.
- Design and implement effective validation for data pipelines, APIs, and services to ensure data is correct, complete, and timely.
- Drive observability using monitoring, alerts, and dashboards to validate behavior and data quality in production.
- Operationalize requirements from regulated environments (e.g., SOX, GDPR/PII, DMA) into daily test strategies and documentation.
- Design test approaches covering unit, component, contract, and integration levels, ensuring validation is integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
Description
We are seeking a proactive Test Engineer - Data to join our Data Finance team. In this role, you will partner with engineers and product managers to enhance the quality, reliability, and trustworthiness of financial data flows and data products. You will not just test for the team, but with the team, coaching engineers to own their quality outcomes. This position is based in Manchester, requiring in-office attendance only two days a week. The duration of the project is six months.
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