Test Automation Engineer I

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with data governance tools such as Apache Atlas, Collibra, or Alation
• Contributions to internal quality dashboards or data observability systems
• Awareness of metadata-driven testing approaches and lineage-based validations
• Experience working with agile Testing methodologies such as Scaled Agile.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks like Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, or PyTest.

Must-Have Skills:

• 2-5 years of experience in QA roles, with at least 2+ years focused on ETL/Data Pipeline Testing in cloud-native environments.
• Strong in SQL, Python, and optionally PySpark comfortable writing complex queries, automation scripts, and custom data validation logic.
• Practical experience with manual validation of data pipelines, including source-to-target testing and business rule verification.
• Proven ability to support, maintain, and enhance automation test suites and contribute to framework improvements in collaboration with QA leadership.
• Experience validating GraphQL APIs, semantic layers (e.g., Looker, dbt), and ensuring schema/data contract compliance.
• Familiarity with data platforms and tools such as Databricks, AWS Glue, Redshift, Athena, or BigQuery.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, including test planning, test case design, test data management, and defect lifecycle tracking.
• Proficiency in tools like JIRA, TestRail, or Zephyr for test case and defect management.
• Skilled in building and automating data quality checks: schema validation, null checks, duplicates, threshold alerts, and data transformation validation.
• Hands-on with API testing using tools like Postman, pytest, or custom automation frameworks built in Python.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, actively participating in QA ceremonies and sprint cycles.
• Exposure to integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.

Education and Professional Certifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science and engineering preferred, other Engineering field is considered; Masters degree and 6+ years experience Or Bachelors degree and 8+ years