Manager, Data Engineering

McDonald's Corporation; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

McDonald’s Corporation is expanding its Hyderabad-based technology hub. The Senior Manager, Integrated Test Lead will shape testing strategy for data pipelines and analytics platforms, coordinating cross-functional teams across product streams and release cycles.

The role emphasizes data quality, scalable testing infrastructure, and CI/CD integration. The candidate will mentor QA engineers, drive automated testing across streaming and batch workloads, and align testing with business rules and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software testing with 3+ years in leadership roles.
• 8+ years testing data engineering systems, ETL pipelines or analytics platforms.
• Proven track record with complex, multi-system integration testing.
• Experience in agile/scrum environments with rapid delivery cycles.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end testing frameworks for data pipelines and analytics platforms.
• Ensure test coverage for ETL/ELT, data transformation, and lineage.
• Develop integrated testing strategies across multiple systems and APIs.
• Lead testing standards and best practices across the organization.
• Establish metrics and KPIs for testing effectiveness and product quality.
• Mentor junior QA engineers and promote testing advances.

Skills

Test leadership

Data testing

ETL testing

SQL proficiency

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

API testing

Python/Java

Tools

Airflow

Kafka

Confluent

Spark

dbt

Redshift

BigQuery

Job description

About McDonald’s:

One of the world’s largest employers with locations in more than 100 countries, McDonald’s Corporation has corporate opportunities in Hyderabad. Our global offices serve as dynamic innovation and operations hubs, designed to expand McDonald's global talent base and in-house expertise. Our new office in Hyderabad will bring together knowledge across business, technology, analytics, and AI, accelerating our ability to deliver impactful solutions for the business and our customers across the globe.

Department Overview

One of the world’s largest employers with locations in more than 100 countries,McDonald’s Corporation has corporate opportunities in Hyderabad. Our global officesserve as dynamic innovation and operations hubs, designed to expand McDonald's globaltalent base and in-house expertise. Our new office in Hyderabad will bring togetherknowledge across business, technology, analytics, and AI, accelerating our ability todeliver impactful solutions for the business and our customers across the globe.

Duties

Position Summary:

Senior Manager, Integrated Test Lead – Data Product Engineering & Delivery (Sr Manager, Technology Testing) Lead comprehensive testing strategy and execution for complex data engineeringpipelines and product delivery initiatives. Drive quality assurance across integratedsystems, data workflows, and customer-facing applications while coordinatingcross-functional testing efforts.

Primary Responsibilities:

Test Strategy & Leadership:

• Design and implement end-to-end testing frameworks for data pipelines, ETL / ELT processes, and analytics platforms
• Ensure test coverage across ETL / ELT, data transformation, lineage and consumptionlayers
• Develop integrated testing strategies spanning multiple systems, APIs, and datasources
• Establish testing standards, methodologies, and best practices across the organization

Data Engineering Testing:

• Create comprehensive test suites for data ingestion, transformation, and outputvalidation
• Design data quality checks, schema validation, and performance testing for large-scaledatasets
• Implement automated testing for streaming and batch data processing workflows
• Validate data integrity across multiple environments and systems and against businessrules

Cross-Functional Coordination:

• Collaborate with data engineers, software developers, product managers, and DevOpsteams
• Coordinate testing activities across multiple product streams and release cycles
• Manage testing dependencies and critical path items in complex delivery timelines

Quality Assurance & Process Improvement:

• Establish metrics and KPIs for testing effectiveness and product quality to drivecontinuous improvement in testing processes and tooling
• Lead root cause analysis for production issues and testing gaps

Technical Leadership:

• Mentor junior QA engineers and promote testing best practices
• Evaluate and implement new testing tools and technologies
• Design scalable testing infrastructure and CI/CD integration

Qualifications

Skills Required: Redshift, Bigquery, AWS, GCP, Python, Java, Bash, Airflow, Kafka, Confluent, Spark,DBT, ETL testing, Data Pipeline Testing, Data Pipeline, ETL, Data Testing, PipelineTesting, Github, Jenkins, Git, Maven, Gradle, API Testing

• 10+ years in software testing with 3+ years in leadership roles
• 8+ year experience testing data engineering systems, ETL pipelines, or analyticsplatforms
• Proven track record with complex, multi-system integration testing
• Experience in agile/scrum environments with rapid delivery cycles
• Strong SQL experience with major databases (Redshift, Bigquery, etc.)
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and their data services
• Knowledge of data pipeline tools (Apache Airflow, Kafka, Confluent, Spark, dbt, etc.)
• Proficiency in data warehousing, data architecture, reporting and analytics applications
• Scripting languages (Python, Java, bash) for test automation
• API testing tools and methodologies
• CI/CD/CT tools and practices
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities
• Experience managing multiple priorities and competing deadlines

McDonald’s is the world’s leading global foodservice retailer with over 40,000 locations in over 100 countries. Approximately 95% of McDonald’s restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent local business owners. At McDonald’s, we lead through our values centered on inclusivity, service, integrity, community, and family. Here is your chance to get in on something special as we grow our corporate team in India and allow you to grow your career.