Analytics & Automation Test Engineer

Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions; Letchworth; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions is seeking an Analytics & Automation Test Engineer to join a remote role with occasional travel to Letchworth. The position involves testing data platforms, RPA, and AI-driven tooling, with circa £35,000 per annum plus benefits.

You'll work across middleware, data analytics, RPA, and data platform teams, using AI tools to write and run tests and applying judgment to validate results. This role suits those with curiosity and a desire for broad exposure quickly.

Qualifications

• Some testing or QA experience or a technical background with an interest in testing.
• Working SQL and the ability to query relational databases.
• Some Python (or R) for data validation or test automation.
• Hands-on use of AI tools such as ChatGPT or LLM-based coding assistants.
• Structured, detail-focused approach and the confidence to work across several teams.

Responsibilities

• Plan and run functional, regression, integration and user acceptance testing across several delivery teams.
• Use AI tools to generate and execute tests, then validate outputs.
• Test AI agent, APIs and end-to-end data flows, including transformations and error handling.
• Validate data warehouse, lakehouse and reporting outputs built on Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI and Tableau.
• Test UiPath RPA processes against documented business rules, covering happy paths and exceptions.
• Write SQL queries and lightweight Python scripts to reconcile data and support root cause analysis.

Skills

Testing/QA experience

SQL

Python

AI tooling

Cross-team collaboration

Attention to detail

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Puppeteer

UiPath

Azure Synapse

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Analytics & Automation Test Engineer

Remote (Occasional Travel to Letchworth office)

Circa £35,000 per annum + benefits

Permanent

Are you early in your testing career and keen to work somewhere AI is already part of how testing gets done? This Analytics & Automation Test Engineer role is a chance to test data platforms, integrations, RPA and an AI agent, all in one job.

You'll be the floating tester across a Data Platforms and Analytics function, covering the middleware, data analytics, RPA and data platform teams. Rather than hand-writing every script, you'll use AI tooling to write and run tests, then apply your own judgement to validate the results.

It's a role for someone with genuine technical curiosity who wants broad exposure fast, and you'll help shape how testing is done across the department.

What You'll Be Doing

• Planning and running functional, regression, integration and user acceptance testing across several delivery teams
• Using AI tools, including an in-house LLM-based tool, to generate and execute tests, then checking and validating the output
• Testing an internally built AI agent, APIs and end-to-end data flows, including transformations, error handling and exceptions
• Validating data warehouse, lakehouse and reporting outputs built on Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI and Tableau
• Testing UiPath RPA processes against documented business rules, covering happy paths, exceptions and performance
• Writing SQL queries and lightweight Python scripts to reconcile source-to-target data and support root cause analysis

What You'll Bring

• Some experience in testing or QA, or a technical background with a real interest in moving into testing
• Working SQL and the ability to query relational databases
• Some Python (or R) for data validation or test automation
• Hands‑on use of AI tools such as ChatGPT or LLM-based coding assistants, and the judgement to check what they produce
• A structured, detail‑focused approach and the confidence to work across several teams at once

Desirable: Playwright (especially Playwright MCP), Selenium or Puppeteer, API testing, Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Tableau, UiPath, cloud platforms, a degree in Computer Science or a related subject

This role may suit candidates who have held roles including: Test Analyst, QA Analyst, Junior Test Engineer, Data Test Analyst, Automation Tester, QA Engineer, Graduate Software Tester