Lead QA Engineer

Biisoni Oy; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

S-Pankki is seeking a Lead QA Engineer to lead the QA team focused on data testing and to collaborate across developers, product owners and vendors. The role is permanent, full-time in Vallila, Helsinki, with a hybrid model (two days in the office).

You will design testing practices, implement data testing across platforms, and guide the QA organization in adopting new data technologies and cloud environments. Fluency in Finnish and English is required.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in data testing.
• Understanding modern QA principles and methods.
• Experience in multi‑vendor environments.
• Ability to design, develop and advance testing practices.
• SQL and SAS for data work.
• Knowledge of XML and JSON structures and schemas.
• Familiarity with Azure and REST/Kafka.
• Experience with Databricks and Microsoft Fabric at least at basic level.
• Ability to implement test automation (Robot Framework or Playwright).
• Fluent in Finnish and English.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA Engineer in the S-Pankki quality assurance team and drive data testing initiatives.
• Participate in hands-on testing and coach the team to improve testing practices.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, business stakeholders and external vendors.
• Adopt new technologies and data platforms as part of future data solutions.
• Oversee different stages of QA with a focus on during-development data testing.

Skills

Data testing

QA principles

Multi-vendor environments

Testing practices design

SQL

SAS

Finnish language

English language

Stakeholder collaboration

Data platforms

Tools

Robot Framework

Playwright

REST

Kafka

Azure

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

XML/JSON structures

Job description

Lead QA Engineer in the S-Pankki quality assurance team, playing a central role in developing data testing. You will participate in hands‑on testing, coach the team, and develop testing practices with the rest of the QA organization. You will be responsible for different stages of quality assurance, with a focus on during-development data testing. The role involves collaborating with developers, product owners, business stakeholders and external vendors, and adopting new technologies and data platforms as part of future data solutions. The position is permanent, full-time, based at the S-Pankki headquarters in Vallila, Helsinki, with a hybrid work model inside Finland, about two days per week in the office. Requirements include strong experience in data testing, understanding modern QA principles, multi‑vendor environments, ability to design and advance testing practices, SQL/SAS for data work, XML/JSON structures, cloud environments (Azure), integration technologies (REST, Kafka), familiarity with Databricks and Microsoft Fabric at least at a basic level, and ability to build and maintain test automation (Robot Framework or Playwright). Proactive, curious, and solution‑oriented mindset; ability to work with diverse stakeholders; experience in financial regulatory environments is a plus; fluent in Finnish and English.

Requirements

• Strong experience in data testing
• Understanding modern QA principles and methods
• Experience in multi‑vendor environments
• Ability to design, develop and advance testing practices
• SQL and SAS for data work
• Knowledge of XML and JSON structures and schemas
• Familiarity with Azure and REST/Kafka
• Experience with Databricks and Microsoft Fabric at least at basic level
• Ability to implement test automation (Robot Framework or Playwright)
• Fluent in Finnish and English