Test Engineer - Data | 11725-1
Posted 1 week ago by Randstad Technologies
£65 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Manchester, UK
Summary: The Test Engineer - Data will collaborate with engineers and product managers within the Data Finance team to improve the quality and reliability of financial data flows and products. This role emphasizes not only testing but also coaching engineers to take ownership of their quality outcomes. The position is based in Manchester, requiring two days per week in the office, and is a six-month contract.
Key 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 (eg, 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.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience testing data-intensive Back End 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 (eg, "5 whys") to debug complex data issues.
Salary (Rate): £65 per hour
City: Manchester
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
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.
Location: Manchester (2 Days per week in the office)
Duration: 6 months
Key ResponsibilitiesStrategy & Coaching: Set a strong testing strategy in line with organizational quality standards and coach teams on data testing practices.
Data Validation: Design and implement effective validation for data pipelines, APIs, and services to ensure data is correct, complete, and timely.
Observability: Drive observability using monitoring, alerts, and dashboards to validate behavior and data quality in production.
Compliance: Operationalize requirements from regulated environments (eg, SOX, GDPR/PII, DMA) into daily test strategies and documentation.
Automation: Design test approaches covering unit, component, contract, and integration levels, ensuring validation is integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Data Testing: Proven experience testing data-intensive Back End systems, ETL/ELT processes, and financial data feeds.
SQL Mastery: Strong proficiency in relational databases, ideally Microsoft SQL Server, including writing and optimizing complex SQL for data investigation.
Technical Ecosystem: Experience with modern engineering tools such as Git, $CI/CD$, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS (or similar cloud platforms).
Regulatory Knowledge: Experience working in or around regulated environments (SOX, GDPR, DMA) or a strong willingness to learn.
Communication: Exceptional ability to explain technical testing and data quality concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Problem Solving: Ability to use structured root-cause analysis (eg, "5 whys") to debug complex data issues.
Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
