Data Platform QA Lead | CI/CD & Data Quality

Kaluza; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme

Discretionary bonus

Home office budget

Learning budget

Climate action app

Job summary

Kaluza is seeking a QA Lead across Data to define testing strategy and quality standards for our data platforms. You will partner with Data Engineering, Product and clients to ensure changes meet the defined quality bar before reaching client environments.

This is an individual contributor role with no line management, but you will influence through expertise and collaboration. The role requires experience in data testing, SQL, and agile delivery, with a strong focus on data quality metrics.

Qualifications

• Strong QA strategies, processes, and methodologies.
• Experience defining and executing test plans, cases, and scripts for complex software.
• Agile, test-first delivery in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the test strategy and test plans for the Data Org, deciding what is tested and how based on risk, criticality and impact to the business and clients.
• Create and deliver test plans for complex data systems, covering functional, transformation, schema, ETL/migration testing, plus end-to-end coverage across data and engineering teams.
• Set quality gates for changes, and assess release readiness against milestones.
• Ensure defects are logged, triaged, prioritised, and tracked to resolution with Quality standards.
• Select and maintain tools and frameworks used for testing, with automated checks running in CI/CD.
• Support queries on test data and releases with clients, maintaining confidence through clear communication.
• Influence engineers, data analysts, and leadership to adopt a test-first mindset and own quality.
• Report on test progress, quality trends, and risks to stakeholders, raising blockers early.
• Maintain documentation of quality standards, test coverage, and decisions with transparency on known issues.
• Act as SME on data testing and data quality checks (completeness, accuracy, consistency, uniqueness, validity, timeliness).

Skills

QA testing

Agile

Data testing

SQL

Quality metrics

Stakeholder mgmt

Client delivery

Test automation

CI/CD

Python

Power BI

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Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

CI/CD tools

Power BI

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Job description

Kaluza is seeking a QA Lead across Data to define testing strategy and quality standards for our data platforms. You will partner with Data Engineering, Product and clients to ensure changes meet the defined quality bar before reaching client environments.

This is an individual contributor role with no line management, but you will influence through expertise and collaboration. The role requires experience in data testing, SQL, and agile delivery, with a strong focus on data quality metrics.