Hybrid DQA Engineer — Data Pipelines & API Testing

RED Global; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology firm in Belfast is seeking a DQA Engineer for a freelance contract lasting 6 months. The successful candidate will conduct quality assurance for data pipelines, APIs, and ETL workflows, with hands-on experience in automation frameworks like PyTest and a strong understanding of CI/CD. This hybrid role offers 3 days on-site and 2 days remote, requiring excellent collaboration skills and familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in quality assurance for data pipelines, APIs, and ETL workflows.
• Proven ability to design and execute test plans for complex data workflows.
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Conduct quality assurance for data pipelines, APIs, and ETL workflows.
• Design and execute test plans including functional, integration, and regression testing.
• Integrate automated tests into DevOps workflows.

Skills

Quality assurance for data pipelines

APIs and ETL workflows

Test automation frameworks

Scripting languages (Python or Java)

CI/CD pipelines

Agile software delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

PyTest

Behave

unittest

AWS

Job description

A global technology firm in Belfast is seeking a DQA Engineer for a freelance contract lasting 6 months. The successful candidate will conduct quality assurance for data pipelines, APIs, and ETL workflows, with hands-on experience in automation frameworks like PyTest and a strong understanding of CI/CD. This hybrid role offers 3 days on-site and 2 days remote, requiring excellent collaboration skills and familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS.