Principal Data & Analytics Quality Engineering Leader

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development seeks a Principal, Quality Engineering for Data & Analytics to lead testing strategy across a diverse tech stack including Microsoft Fabric, EBX, and Informatica IDMC. You will embed AI-driven testing and governance, driving reliability in data, integration, and analytics platforms while ensuring compliance in a regulated financial environment.

Lead multi-platform QA, shape test data and environments for complex financial scenarios, and partner

Qualifications

• Experience leading QA across modern Data & Analytics platforms including data ingestion and orchestration.
• Testing across data feeds, pipelines, and analytics services with end-to-end validation.
• Proficiency with validation queries and scripts (T-SQL, Python, Power Query, DAX).
• Ability to align QA with SOX, DORA, IFRS and regulatory risk considerations.
• Strong stakeholder influence and ability to translate risk into business insight.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead Quality Engineering strategy across the Data & Analytics estate.
• Lead platform-wide assurance across Microsoft Fabric, EBX, Azure Integration Services, Informatica IDMC and Control-M.
• Embed automation-first testing into CI/CD pipelines across cloud data platforms.
• Define validation approaches for Fabric workloads, Lakehouse/Warehouse structures and Power BI outputs.
• Establish QA practices for EBX master data and data governance integration.
• Define assurance patterns for Azure Integration Services including API testing and event validation.
• Lead QA for IDMC, data ingestion/transformation and lineage validation.
• Shape testing for Control-M orchestration, including scheduling, dependencies, and runbooks.
• Align QA with SOX, DORA, IFRS and modern delivery models like Agile/DevOps.
• Partner with domain experts to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and resilience are built into test strategies.
• Design test data and environment strategies for complex financial scenarios and reporting.
• Drive innovation in testing using AI/ML, performance engineering, observability and data quality analytics.
• Elevate engineering maturity with shift-left/right testing and reusable automation frameworks.

Skills

QA leadership

Quality Engineering

Data & Analytics platforms

CI/CD testing

AI-driven testing

Regulatory awareness

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

EBX

Azure Integration Services

Informatica IDMC

Control-M

Power BI

Job description

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development seeks a Principal, Quality Engineering for Data & Analytics to lead testing strategy across a diverse tech stack including Microsoft Fabric, EBX, and Informatica IDMC. You will embed AI-driven testing and governance, driving reliability in data, integration, and analytics platforms while ensuring compliance in a regulated financial environment.

Lead multi-platform QA, shape test data and environments for complex financial scenarios, and partner