Irwin Mitchell
Data Quality Assurance Engineer (6366)
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Role Overview
As a Data Quality Assurance Engineer, you will be responsible for testing the Data Platform and all related data products. Working closely with Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, and stakeholders across the business, you will help ensure solutions are robust, well-tested, and dependable before they reach users.
You will contribute to test strategies, shape quality standards, and support continuous improvement across our testing frameworks and processes. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about quality and wants to contribute to the foundations of a modern, evolving data environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, design, and execute testing across the Data Platform and related data products
- Perform functional, integration, and regression testing across platform deliveries
- Work closely with engineers to understand requirements and identify risks early
- Log, track, and manage defects through to resolution
- Contribute to test strategies, test plans, and quality standards
- Support continuous improvement in testing approaches, tooling, and processes
- Help ensure platform releases meet agreed quality, performance, and reliability standards
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Essential Requirements
- Experience working in a Quality Assurance or software testing role
- Experience testing data platforms, data pipelines, or complex technical solutions
- Strong attention to detail with a structured, methodical approach to testing
- Ability to work collaboratively with engineers and technical stakeholders
- Confident communicator, able to clearly articulate issues and risks
- Experience working in Agile or delivery-focused environments
Desirable
- Experience with test automation frameworks
- Familiarity with modern data technologies (e.g., Databricks, Azure Data Services)
- Understanding of data quality principles and validation approaches
- Experience working with CI/CD pipelines or automated deployment processes
Benefits
- 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
- Generous and flexible pension schemes.
- Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
- Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team, and client requirements.
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As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s onboarding process, all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity, therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners, and other stakeholders.
We carry out pre-employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record, and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties.
The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.
Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.
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