Hybrid QA & Data Engineer - Forecasting & Inventory

Odyssey Information Services; Grand Prairie (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Odyssey Information Services is seeking a detail-oriented Data Engineer and QA Manual Tester to support forecasting, allocation, and replenishment systems onsite in Grand Prairie, TX. The role blends data engineering with hands-on manual testing and AI-driven data management.

You will build and validate data flows across merchandising, FAR, warehouse, and POS, and verify AI-driven forecasts and recommendations align with business rules.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience writing test plans, cases, and scripts based on requirements.
• Ability to validate forecasting, allocation, and replenishment logic against business rules.
• Experience testing core merchandising functions including pricing, vendor management, POs, hierarchies, and promotions.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted data preparation and validation techniques.
• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, and data integrity principles.
• Experience validating AI/machine learning outputs for accuracy and bias.
• Experience handling sensitive data and following data security policies.

Responsibilities

• Write test plans, test cases, and test scripts from requirements and specs; execute tests (manual, integration, regression, system, UAT).
• Validate core logic: forecasting outputs, allocation, replenishment, and inventory calculations.
• Test merchandising functions: item setup, pricing, vendors, POs, hierarchies, promotions.
• Ensure data flows correctly between merchandising, FAR, warehouse, and POS systems.
• Use AI tools to create, organize, cleanse, and validate large test data sets; detect anomalies.
• Log, track, and retest defects; support UAT with traceability between requirements, tests, and defects.

Skills

Manual testing

AI data skills

Forecasting domain knowledge

Data quality

Model validation

Data security

SQL basics

Analytical skills

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

ISTQB QA certification

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

ALM

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Odyssey Information Services is seeking a detail-oriented Data Engineer and QA Manual Tester to support forecasting, allocation, and replenishment systems onsite in Grand Prairie, TX. The role blends data engineering with hands-on manual testing and AI-driven data management.

You will build and validate data flows across merchandising, FAR, warehouse, and POS, and verify AI-driven forecasts and recommendations align with business rules.