Quality Assurance Engineer - Data

JobSpace; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free carparking

Southern cross health insurance

Onsite café with subsidised meals

Job summary

Foodstuffs North Island is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer – Data to champion data quality across enterprise data platforms and partner with delivery squads to shape testing approaches early.

You will test ETL/ELT pipelines, validate large datasets, and write SQL queries for data validation. The role emphasizes automation, performance testing, and collaboration with engineers, analysts, and product partners in a fast-paced FMCG environment.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL skills for data validation.
• Experience testing ETL/ELT pipelines in data warehouses.
• API testing and test management experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Test ETL/ELT pipelines and validate large datasets.
• Write and execute SQL for data validation.
• Contribute to automated data testing and integration coverage.
• Support performance and scalability testing with peak data volumes.

Skills

SQL

Data testing

Python

ETL/ELT testing

Agile

Tools

BigQuery

Databricks

Snowflake

Fabric

Synapse

Redshift

Job description

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At Foodstuffs North Island, data powers everything we do – from keeping shelves stocked to enabling smarter decisions across our iconic retail brands.

We're investing in modern data platforms and we're looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer – Data to help ensure our data is accurate, reliable, and trusted.

This role sits within our growing QA Engineering practice and works closely with Data Engineering squads to uplift how data quality is built and validated across large-scale data platforms. You'll play a hands-on role in testing complex data platforms and pipelines that support mission-critical business outcomes. Working within Agile delivery squads, you'll combine strong data testing skills with an automation-first mindset, helping ensure data quality is embedded end-to-end.

This is a great role for someone who enjoys thinking holistically about data flows, integrations, and performance in a fast-paced FMCG environment.

In this role, you will be:

• Championing data quality across enterprise data platforms
• Partnering with delivery squads to shape data testing approaches early
• Testing ETL/ELT pipelines and validating large, complex datasets
• Writing and executing SQL and other query scripts for data validation
• Contributing to automated data testing, reconciliation, and integration coverage
• Supporting performance and scalability testing during peak data volumes
• Identifying, managing, and clearly communicating data defects and risks
• Continuously improving tools, techniques, and testing approaches
• Sharing knowledge and contributing to a collaborative QA community

About you:

You're curious, analytical, and passionate about data quality. You're comfortable working with modern data platforms and enjoy collaborating with engineers, analysts, and product partners to deliver high-quality outcomes.

You’ll bring:

• Data testing with strong SQL skills
• Validating ETL/ELT pipelines in data warehouse environments
• Scripting or programming (e.g. Python, R, Java, C#, Ruby)
• Modern data platforms such as BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, Synapse, or Redshift
• API testing and test management tools
• Agile delivery environments and continuous improvement

It’s a bonus if you also have:

• Data platform performance or load testing experience
• Power BI, Tableau, or other data visualisation tools
• ETL/ELT testing tools or frameworks like QuerySurge, iCEDQ, dbt, Great Expectations or PyTest.
• CI/CD exposure.
• FMCG, Retail, or Wholesale exposure.

What we offer:

• Free carparking - we've got over 1,000 carparks including EV plugs
• Southern cross health insurance
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
• Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).

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We're proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to Recruitment.Foodstuffs @foodstuffs.co.nz. Accessibility support could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.