Quality Assurance Automation Engineer (Relocate or Commute to Belfast)
Posted Today by RED Global
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Summary: Our client is looking for a QA Automation Engineer for a freelance B2B contract in Belfast, requiring relocation or commuting three days a week. The role involves quality assurance for data pipelines, APIs, and ETL workflows, with a contract length of six months and potential extensions. The position offers a hybrid working arrangement with three days on-site and two days remote. The ideal candidate should possess strong experience in testing methodologies and automation frameworks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct quality assurance for data pipelines, APIs, and ETL workflows.
- Design and execute test plans for complex data workflows, including functional, integration, and regression testing.
- Utilize modern testing methodologies such as TDD and BDD.
- Implement test automation frameworks and scripting languages.
- Perform data validation techniques, schema checks, and data integrity testing.
- 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.
- Proven ability to design and execute test plans.
- Good understanding of TDD and BDD methodologies.
- Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., PyTest, Behave, unittest).
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Java.
- Knowledge of data validation techniques and data integrity testing.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience with Agile software delivery.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Belfast
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
***** Relocation to Belfast or commuting 3 days per week is essential to this role. ***** Our client is seeking a QA Automation 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 ***** Relocation to Belfast or commuting 3 days per week is essential to this role. ***** Project details: Position: QA Automation Engineer Contract Length: 6 Months Start date: ASAP Location: Hybrid in Belfast, 3 days per week and 2 days remote Languages: English Speaking ***** Relocation to Belfast or commuting 3 days per week is essential to this role. ***** 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. ***** Relocation to Belfast or commuting 3 days per week is essential to this role. ***** 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.