Data Platform Test Lead

Facctum Solutions; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services provider is seeking a Data Platform Test Lead in Singapore. The role involves leading quality assurance for data engineering platforms. Candidates should possess over 10 years of QA experience, strong knowledge of data testing, and leadership capabilities. This full-time position offers opportunities for collaborative work in a data-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in QA/testing, with 3 years in data-focused testing.
• Proven testing experience on large-scale data platforms.
• Experience with test automation and testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end testing initiatives for data platform components.
• Define and implement test strategies for data validation and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure testing coverage.

Skills

Analytical skills

Debugging skills

Automation frameworks

CI/CD pipelines

Excellent communication

Leadership skills

Organizational skills

Time management abilities

Tools

Jenkins

Git

Airflow

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for a highly experienced Data Platform Test Lead to lead the quality assurance efforts across our data engineering and analytics platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise in data testing, a deep understanding of data platforms, and hands-on experience with both manual and automated testing approaches. As a Test Lead, you will be responsible for defining the test strategy, leading QA activities, and ensuring the reliability, accuracy, and performance of data pipelines, data lakes, and analytics systems.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Lead end-to-end testing initiatives for data platform components including ETL processes, data pipelines, data lakes, and data warehouses.
2. Define and implement test strategies, plans, and test cases for data validation, transformation logic, and platform performance.
3. Collaborate with data engineers, architects, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and ensure testing coverage.
4. Design and execute tests to validate data quality, integrity, completeness, consistency, and reconciliation across multiple sources.
5. Set up and maintain automated data testing frameworks and tools.
6. Identify, document, and track defects and ensure timely resolution.
7. Monitor test metrics and provide reporting on test execution progress and quality status.
8. Support continuous integration and deployment processes with test automation for data pipelines, driving adoption of data testing standards, and contributing to data governance initiatives.

Requirements

1. 10+ years of experience in QA/testing with at least 3 years in data-focused testing roles.
2. Proven experience testing large-scale data platforms.
3. Experience in test automation and testing tools.
4. Familiarity with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc., and knowledge of ETL tools, data warehousing, and data lake solutions.
5. Experience with Data Recon, DWH aggregation, and data marts testing.

Skills

1. Strong analytical and debugging skills.
2. Experience with automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
3. Familiarity with tools like Jenkins, Git, Airflow, or similar.
4. Excellent communication skills for coordinating with cross-functional teams.
5. Strong leadership, organizational, and time management abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

1. Experience with open-source tech stacks for testing data flows.
2. QA Certifications.
3. Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for data systems.
4. Familiarity with data governance, lineage, and cataloging tools.

Organization: Facctum IT Solutions India Private Limited

Job Type: Full time

Industry: IT Services

Work Experience: 5-10 Years

Date Opened: 06/02/2025

Location: Bangalore North, Karnataka, India, Zip/Postal Code 560002