Automation DQA
Posted 1 day ago by 1765438702
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Summary: Our client is looking for a DQA Engineer for a freelance B2B contract lasting 6 months, with the possibility of extensions. The role involves a hybrid working arrangement of 3 days on-site in Belfast and 2 days remote. The ideal candidate should possess strong experience in quality assurance for data pipelines, APIs, and ETL workflows, particularly in the financial services sector.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and execute test plans for complex data workflows, including functional, integration, and regression testing.
- Implement quality assurance for data pipelines, APIs, and ETL workflows.
- Utilize modern testing methodologies such as TDD and BDD.
- Work with test automation frameworks and scripting languages.
- Conduct data validation techniques and schema checks.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows.
- Collaborate with developers, data engineers, and business analysts.
- Adhere to Agile software delivery and QA best practices.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in quality assurance for data pipelines, APIs, and ETL workflows.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., PyTest, Behave, unittest).
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Java.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and related services.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience with Agile software delivery and QA best practices.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Our client is seeking a DQA Engineer to join their team for a freelance B2B contract that is expected to last 6 months, with potential for additional extensions. This position is 3 days on-site and 2 days remote. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in quality assurance for data pipelines, APIs, and ETL workflows
Project details:
- Position: DQA Engineer
- Contract Length: 6 Months
- Start date: ASAP
- Location: Hybrid in Belfast, 3 days per week and 2 days remote
- Languages: English Speaking
Skills and Responsibilities:
- Strong experience in quality assurance for data pipelines, APIs, and ETL workflows, preferably in financial services.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- Proven ability to design and execute test plans for complex data workflows, including functional, integration, and regression testing.
- Good understanding of modern testing methodologies such as TDD and BDD.
- Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., PyTest, Behave, unittest) and scripting languages such as Python or Java.
- Knowledge of data validation techniques, schema checks, and data integrity testing for structured and semi-structured data.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and services like S3, Glue, Lambda, EventBridge and Step Functions.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into DevOps workflows.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills to work with developers, data engineers, and business analysts.
- Experience with Agile software delivery and QA best practices.
If this interests you, please send me an up-to date CV, and we can discuss the role in more detail. Otherwise, what are you looking for? If you know someone who might be interested, please forward this advert their way.
Reference
CR/131243_1765299966
Date
9 Dec 2025