Software Engineer in Test

Project Responsibilities

Understand the data and data-record testing requirements

Analyse data testing requirements and define appropriate test coverage

Design automated tests rather than performing manual SQL validation

Build a data test automation framework from scratch

Develop test code alongside developers

Maintain test code in GitHub or a separate test repository

Automate test design

Automate test execution

Automate test reporting

Integrate automated tests into ADO pipelines / CI/CD

Validate data against source systems

Perform automated data reconciliation

Test data transformations / ETL processes

Work with databases and write SQL queries

Test data within Databricks

Test Power BI reports, dashboards and paginated reports

Ensure automated tests provide consistent and reliable results

Work with AI/LLMs as part of the testing approach

Think about verification not only at the individual test level, but also in the context of the wider enterprise application

Work closely with developers during development and testing activities

Candidate's Portrait

Senior Software Engineer in Test focused on enterprise data testing and test automation.

The specialist will work with the data engineering teams to build automated testing solutions covering test design, test execution, validation and reporting, with automation integrated into CI/CD pipelines.

The role requires strong hands-on experience in data testing at enterprise scale, database testing and SQL, rather than application/mobile testing.

Must-haves

6–8+ years of experience

Solid hands-on experience in data testing

Experience with enterprise data solutions / data testing at scale

Strong database and SQL skills

Experience with test automation and building automation frameworks

Data testing

Databricks

SQL

Python

C#

TypeScript

Azure DevOps (ADO)

ADO Pipelines

GitHub

Strong understanding of databases

Experience with ETL

Experience building automated testing frameworks

Experience integrating automated tests into pipelines / CI/CD

Ability to work closely with developers and maintain test code/repositories

Nice-to-have

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

DAX

PySpark / Spark

Experience testing Power BI reports, paginated reports and dashboards

Knowledge of data modelling

Experience with AI/LLM-based testing approaches

Experience with GitHub Copilot

Microsoft Fabric certification DP-600 or DP-700

Databricks certification DP-750

Data engineering background / experience