AI QA & Data Quality Specialist (Chennai / Pune )

Money Forward India; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Money Forward India is seeking an AI QA & Data Quality Specialist to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of AI-driven products and the data pipelines that support them. You will validate AI model outputs, test AI-powered features, and ensure data integrity for training and inference.

You will collaborate with engineering, data teams, and product managers to design robust test strategies, automate data quality checks, and drive improvements across AI systems and data pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software QA, test automation, or data validation; 2+ years in AI & Data quality testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute test strategies for AI/ML-powered applications and features.
• Validate AI model outputs for accuracy, reliability, and consistency.
• Perform prompt testing, response evaluation, and edge case validation for AI systems.
• Identify issues such as hallucinations, bias, incorrect reasoning, or unstable responses.
• Define acceptance criteria and quality benchmarks for AI-driven features.
• Validate data pipelines (ETL/ELT) used to prepare datasets for AI models.
• Test data ingestion, transformation, and loading processes to ensure reliability.
• Verify data integrity between source systems, data warehouses, and AI models.
• Detect data anomalies, schema changes, missing data, or transformation errors.
• Create data validation rules and automated data quality checks.
• Validate training datasets and feature engineering pipelines.
• Monitor dataset quality to prevent data drift or unexpected data changes.
• Define and track AI model evaluation metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, and response quality.
• Collaborate with data scientists to analyze model performance and identify improvement areas.
• Develop automated tests for AI APIs, workflows, and data pipelines.
• Build automation frameworks to test AI output regression and data validation.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Work closely with AI engineers, data engineers, product managers, and QA teams.
• Provide feedback during AI model development and deployment cycles.
• Contribute to building AI testing standards, data quality guidelines, and QA best practices.

Skills

AI/ML testing

Data pipeline testing

Data quality validation

SQL and dataset analysis

Test automation

API testing

Prompt evaluation

Data integrity verification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD tools

Automation frameworks

Job description

We are seeking an AI QA & Data Quality Specialist to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of AI-driven products and the data pipelines that support them. This role focuses on validating AI model outputs, testing AI-powered features, and ensuring the integrity and quality of datasets and data pipelines used for training and inference.

You will work closely with engineering, data engineering, and product teams to improve the overall quality of AI systems through systematic testing, data validation, and automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and execute test strategies for AI/ML-powered applications and features.
  

• Validate AI model outputs for accuracy, reliability, and consistency.
  

• Perform prompt testing, response evaluation, and edge case validation for AI systems.
  

• Identify issues such as hallucinations, bias, incorrect reasoning, or unstable responses.
  

• Define acceptance criteria and quality benchmarks for AI-driven features.
  

Data Engineering & Data Pipeline Testing

• Validate data pipelines (ETL/ELT) used to prepare datasets for AI models.
  

• Test data ingestion, transformation, and loading processes to ensure reliability.
  

• Verify data integrity between source systems, data warehouses, and AI models.
  

• Detects and reports data anomalies, schema changes, missing data, or transformation errors.
  

• Create data validation rules and automated data quality checks.
  

Dataset & Model Evaluation

• Validate training datasets and feature engineering pipelines.
  

• Monitor dataset quality to prevent data drift or unexpected data changes.
  

• Define and track AI model evaluation metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, and response quality.
  

• Collaborate with data scientists to analyze model performance and identify improvement areas.
  

Test Automation

• Develop automated tests for AI APIs, workflows, and data pipelines.
  

• Build automation frameworks to test AI output regression and data validation.
  

• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
  

Collaboration & Process Improvement

• Work closely with AI engineers, data engineers, product managers, and QA teams.
  

• Provide feedback during AI model development and deployment cycles.
  

• Contribute to building AI testing standards, data quality guidelines, and QA best practices.
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or related field.
  

• 5+ years of experience in software QA, test automation, or data validation and 2+ years of experience in AI & Data quality testing
  

• Experience testing APIs, web services, or distributed systems.
  

• Strong knowledge of SQL and data validation techniques.
  

• Strong with Python for data automation, typescript and or Java for other automation.
  

• Understanding of machine learning concepts and AI system behavior.
  

• Experience with test automation tools.
  

• Experience testing AI systems, LLM applications, or chatbots.
  

• Experience with big data platforms.
  

• Knowledge of prompt engineering or AI evaluation methods.
  

• Experience working with cloud platforms AWS
  

• Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps practices.
  

• Generative AI: Enthusiastic user of Generative AI and advanced AI tooling to streamline workflows and significantly accelerate project delivery timelines.
  

• Product Mindset: Proven track record to translate high-level product requirements into detailed requirements, and into comprehensive technical requirements through close partnership with Product Managers
  

• Communication: Good verbal and written English skills, ensuring clarity and alignment within distributed, multi-national product engineering teams.
  

Key Skills

• AI/ML testing
  

• Data pipeline testing
  

• Data quality validation
  

• SQL and dataset analysis
  

• Test automation
  

• API testing
  

• Prompt evaluation
  

• Data integrity verification
  

Success Metrics

• Improved AI output quality and reliability (accuracy rate, latency, token, cost,...)
  

• Early detection of data pipeline or dataset issues
  

• Increased automation coverage for AI and data testing
  

• Reduced production issues caused by data or AI failures