Python Test Engineer - Pytest Automation & Data Quality

Motion Recruitment; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a highly technical software engineer with strong Python and automated testing skills to build testing solutions for data platforms, APIs, backend services, and enterprise applications.

The team values software as a discipline, designing scalable automation frameworks, improving test coverage, and collaborating with developers, product teams, and other automation specialists to modernize testing practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• Strong Python development experience and production-quality code reviews.
• Experience building automated test frameworks and validating data quality.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks for data platforms and APIs.
• Collaborate with developers and product teams to improve testing coverage.
• Contribute to release validation and deployment processes.
• Support enterprise-scale test strategies across backend, API, and data pipelines.

Skills

Strong Python

Automated testing

Data quality testing

CI/CD concepts

Agile/Scrum

Debugging & problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

pytest

Git

PostgreSQL

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a highly technical software engineer with strong Python and automated testing skills to build testing solutions for data platforms, APIs, backend services, and enterprise applications.

The team values software as a discipline, designing scalable automation frameworks, improving test coverage, and collaborating with developers, product teams, and other automation specialists to modernize testing practices across the organization.