Lead Test Engineer

Insignia Financial; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Insignia Financial in Melbourne is seeking a Lead Test Engineer I Data Engineering to own testing across the data ecosystem, ensuring data solutions are accurate, reliable and production-ready. You will shape testing strategy, automation frameworks, and set standards for a cloud-based data environment, collaborating with Data Engineers to integrate tests into CI/CD.

This role offers a visible impact on critical business systems and supports the journey toward robust automated testing across

Qualifications

• Experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks.
• Strong SQL ability and data testing experience.
• Familiar with cloud-based data environments (GCP preferred).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks.
• Validate data accuracy, consistency and completeness across projects on Google Cloud.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines with Data Engineers.
• Identify and track defects, supporting resolution with development teams.
• Shape testing approaches in agile and traditional environments.
• Champion continuous improvement and innovative automation in data testing.

Skills

Test automation frameworks

Python

SQL

Data testing

CI/CD practices

Jira

Tools

Python

pytest

Pandas

GCP

CI/CD

Jira

Job description

• Lead automation across a growing data ecosystem
• Work with GCP, CI/CD and modern data platforms
• Make a visible impact across critical business systems

Lead Test Engineer I Data Engineering

The opportunity to join our team

We’re looking for a Lead Test Engineer who’s ready to take charge of testing across UDP and the key platforms that keep Data Engineering running. You’ll be right in the middle of the action, making sure our data solutions are accurate, reliable and production-ready, while helping to push our automation and testing practices forward. You'll have the chance to influence how quality engineering is approached across a modern cloud-based data environment, helping shape testing strategy, automation frameworks and engineering standards that support critical business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks
• Validate data accuracy, consistency and completeness across multiple projects running on Google Cloud (GCP)
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines in partnership with Data Engineers
• Identify and track defects, supporting resolution with development teams
• Shape testing approaches in both agile and traditional environments
• Champion continuous improvement and innovative automation across data testing

What You Will Bring

• Experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks
• Knowledge of data testing tools (e.g. python, pytest, panda etc) and strong SQL ability
• Solid understanding of testing in data-centric environments (DataVault a plus)
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across teams
• Familiarity with Jira and CI/CD practices
• Ability to triage and diagnose issues in live feature development

What gets us excited about working here? Helping people feel good about their money as one of Australia’s leading financial wellbeing organisations. From those starting out to those retiring. As your team, we’ll show up for you and together we will create financial wellbeing for every Australian. Because we know people who are confident about their financial future live better lives.

If this sounds like your kind of career, you sound like our kind of person. With us, you’ll do work that builds your technical know-how and challenges our entire industry to move forward. Along the way, you’ll be free to explore new ideas and technology, solve problems in a team, and independently to get great things done. Around here, we like to call it "putting our fingerprints on the future".

People-inspired tech

Deep expertise combined with creativity can take on the trickiest of problems. Join our team of brilliant minds and mentors as we explore our way to innovation and apply technology in more human ways than ever.

Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their eligibility to work in Australia, and at a minimum be required to undertake police and basic credit checks as a condition of employment.

We acknowledge and celebrate the richness that individual differences bring to our team. If you need assistance or an adjustment during the application process, please reach out and let us know.