Global Lead - Test Data Engineering & Quality

Live Nation Entertainment Inc; Elm (PA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Free concert tickets

401(k) with match

Parental leave program

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Live Nation Entertainment is seeking a Test Data Engineering Manager to lead a globally distributed team of QA-background engineers into an engineering-driven function focused on automated validation, synthetic data generation, and regression testing within a Databricks-based platform.

You will define data validation requirements, build reusable testing frameworks, and partner with Data Engineering, Product, and Analytics to embed quality across pipelines and backlogs, spanning NA, Europe, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Data Engineering or related fields.
• 2+ years in technical leadership or management.
• Strong experience with Databricks, Spark, distributed data systems, Python and SQL.
• Experience building automated validation or data quality frameworks.
• Hands-on with data observability or validation tools; AI orchestration a plus.
• Knowledge of anomaly detection and large-scale data validation patterns.
• Experience with JIRA and agile user stories.
• Willingness to work across time zones and odd hours.
• Excellent analytical skills; experience with user behavior data is a plus.
• Track record of launching test data solutions or BI validation apps.
• Data quality checks embedded in pipelines; reducing manual validation.

Responsibilities

• Design reusable data quality frameworks within Databricks pipelines.
• Build scalable synthetic data generation and masking solutions.
• Develop replay frameworks to validate changes against production data.
• Create automated regression testing for batch and streaming pipelines.
• Establish monitoring, alerting, and SLA/SLOs for data pipelines.
• Lead and grow a team of data quality engineers and test data engineers.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Product, Analytics to embed quality practices.
• Drive enterprise data quality roadmap and automation adoption.

Skills

Databricks

Spark

Python

SQL

Data quality frameworks

Test Data Engineering

Data Observability

Leadership

JIRA & Agile

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Live Nation Entertainment is seeking a Test Data Engineering Manager to lead a globally distributed team of QA-background engineers into an engineering-driven function focused on automated validation, synthetic data generation, and regression testing within a Databricks-based platform.

You will define data validation requirements, build reusable testing frameworks, and partner with Data Engineering, Product, and Analytics to embed quality across pipelines and backlogs, spanning NA, Europe, and