QA Engineer

LA International; Greater London; On-site; GBP 64,575 - 101,475; Full time

Job summary

LA International is seeking a QA Engineer on a 6-month contract with extensions, hybrid working and London onsite 1-3 days per week.

You will design and execute tests, validate data across ETL, databases and reporting, and develop automation scripts while ensuring GDPR/SOX compliance. The role requires strong collaboration with product and development teams in an agile/CICD environment.

Qualifications

• Design and execute test cases across functional, regression, and integration scenarios.
• Validate data, transactions, and regulatory requirements.
• Create and maintain automated tests and performance checks.
• Write SQL queries to validate data across sources.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute manual and automated test cases across functional, regression, and integration scenarios.
• Review test cases with BA/DEV and initiate execution.
• Validate calculations, transaction flows, compliance logic, and reporting.
• Perform performance and load testing using appropriate tools.
• Develop and maintain test automation scripts.
• Ensure GDPR/SOX compliance through targeted test scenarios and documentation.
• Log, track, and report defects; collaborate with stakeholders.
• Maintain documentation and internal knowledge base.

Skills

Test case design

SQL validation

Test automation

Agile / Scrum

CI/CD

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Pytest

Testrails

GitLab/GitHub

CosmosDB

Microsoft Fabric

Azure

Job description

QA Engineer

6 Month contract initially + Extensions

Based: Hybrid; 1 -3 days p/w Onsite in London

Rate - £market rates p/d via Umbrella

We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a number of QA Engineer's on a long term program of work.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute manual and automated test cases ensuring coverage across functional, regression, and integration scenarios. Coverage to include financial risk exposure, transaction volume, and business criticality
• Get reviewed the designed test cases with BA/DEV timely and start execution.
• Validate financial calculations, transaction flows, compliance logic, and reporting across various platforms. This includes end-to-end data validation across ETL pipelines, databases, and reporting layers
• Validate performance of system via performance and load testing leveraging tools for the purpose
• Develop and maintain test automation scripts using approved tools for the purpose
• Ensure that systems and data meet appropriate regulatory requirements enforced by GDPR, SOX and others (as applicable) through targeted test scenarios and documentation
• Log, track, triage, and report defects using agreed tools
• Work collaboratively with product owners and business stakeholders to translate requirements into test cases and scenarios
• Create, maintain, and update documentation and internal knowledge repository

Key Skills & Experience

• Proficient in designing and executing test cases across various test phases
• Strong understanding of transaction flows, compliance logic and reporting standards
• Experience with test automation tools and automation frameworks, performance and load testing tools, defect reporting and management tools
• Skilled in writing SQL queries to validate data across databases, ETL pipelines, and reporting layers
• Experience working with Microsoft Fabric workspace and notebooks.
• Experience validating data in relational and non-relational databases including CosmosDB.
• Experience validating data in data lakes and lakehouses. I.e., Azure Fabric.
• Experience in working in Agile/ Scrum environments with CI/CD pipelines and sprint-based delivery cycles
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and collaborative mindset to work with internal and external stakeholders

Technology Stack

• MS Azure
• Pytest
• Cosmos DB
• Python
• Microsoft Fabric
• Testrails
• Gitlab/ GitHub