Data QA Practice Lead
Core
Lead the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) QA practice, establishing a shift-left, test-driven operating model for data engineering and warehousing teams.
Role type
Senior IC data quality practice lead (data engineering)
Builds
Data quality CI/CD gates, automated regression frameworks, and service level objectives for data pipelines.
Domain
Financial services / Data Engineering / Data Warehousing
Required skills
Data quality assurance leadership, shift-left QA strategy, SQL and Python data testing, service level objective definition, managed service QA operations, people leadership, Agile/Scrum delivery
Preferred skills
Databricks (PySpark, Delta Lake), data quality frameworks, ISTQB Advanced/Expert certification, banking/financial services experience
Technologies
SQL Server, SSIS, dbt, Fivetran, Python, Databricks, Azure DevOps, Claude, Copilot
Responsibilities
Lead EDW QA practice end-to-end including embedded leads and automation engineers; Define and enforce data quality CI/CD gate standards; Plan capacity across delivery teams and manage shared engineer pool; Recruit, coach, and develop QA Leads and engineers; Champion responsible use of AI/LLM tools for test design and query review; Act as escalation point for quality risks and lead root cause analysis.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership