QA Lead - Data Platform with Snowflake, Databricks

Compunnel, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Compunnel, Inc. in Atlanta area is seeking a QA Lead – Enterprise Data Platform to be the hands-on technical authority for the offshore QA team.

You will direct testing across Snowflake, Databricks, and Azure Data Factory, establish data quality standards, and own the automation roadmap with Python-based tests and SQL validations. You will partner with the Onshore Team Lead on prioritization, delivery, and stakeholder communication, mentoring senior QA engineers and driving improvements in data

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in QA/data testing with leadership exposure.
• Hands-on testing data pipelines on Snowflake, Databricks, Azure Data Factory.
• Advanced SQL skills with complex queries.
• Python for test automation using pytest, pandas, Great Expectations.
• Experience with Azure DevOps or CI/CD tools for automated tests.
• Knowledge of ELT/ETL, schema evolution, data reconciliation.
• Experience leading RCA and cross-team communication.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical testing strategy across Snowflake, Databricks, and Azure Data Factory, including data quality frameworks, validation patterns, and test data management approaches.
• Establish and enforce QA standards, best practices, and reusable accelerators, including test harnesses, validation libraries, and SQL templates.
• Provide technical oversight on test design for functional and regression testing, schema evolution, source-to-target validation, reconciliation, and backfill/reprocessing verification.
• Lead complex root cause analysis for data quality incidents, including impact assessment, and coordinate resolution with data engineering teams.
• Own the automation roadmap and review and approve Python-based test scripts, SQL-based validations, and DevOps pipeline integrations using Azure DevOps.
• Mentor Senior QA Engineers, Automation QA Engineers, and QA Engineers/Testers and perform code and test case reviews.
• Partner with the Onshore Team Lead on sprint planning, capacity, risk identification, and stakeholder communication.
• Monitor data quality KPIs, dashboards, and alerts and drive continuous improvement initiatives based on trends and incident patterns.
• Support schema changes, backward compatibility analysis, and impact assessment for upstream and downstream consumers.

Skills

QA/testing

Python automation

SQL

Azure DevOps / CI/CD

Data warehousing concepts

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Azure Data Factory

PySpark

Job description

Compunnel, Inc. in Atlanta area is seeking a QA Lead – Enterprise Data Platform to be the hands-on technical authority for the offshore QA team.

You will direct testing across Snowflake, Databricks, and Azure Data Factory, establish data quality standards, and own the automation roadmap with Python-based tests and SQL validations. You will partner with the Onshore Team Lead on prioritization, delivery, and stakeholder communication, mentoring senior QA engineers and driving improvements in data