Senior Software Engineer in Test - Data

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer in Test (SEiT) - Data
Location: UK, Remote (monthly site visits)
Salary: £75,000 - £95,000 DOE + Exceptional Benefits

Why Apply?
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior Software Engineer in Test (SEiT) with a data focus to shape the quality assurance strategy for a fast-growing technology-driven business. Working at the intersection of data engineering and analytics, this permanent position offers autonomy, remote working flexibility, and the chance to build cutting-edge automated testing frameworks in an evolving cloud-based environment.

Senior SEiT - Data Responsibilities

• Define and implement robust test strategies for data and analytics solutions
• Translate business and product requirements into comprehensive automated tests
• Design, build and maintain automated test scripts and test datasets
• Ensure test coverage for data pipelines, products, reports, and metrics
• Perform functional and non-functional testing, including data quality, performance, and compliance
• Implement test automation across Databricks on Azure or AWS
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, embedding automated testing throughout the release cycle
• Collaborate with data engineers, BI developers, and DevOps teams to ensure high-quality delivery
• Generate transparent test metrics and automated reporting

Senior SEiT - Data Requirements

• Proven experience defining and delivering data test strategies
• Strong understanding of data principles
• Hands-on experience with test automation tools in Databricks, Spark, and SQL
• Track record of building and maintaining test environments and synthetic datasets
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Terraform, and DevOps tooling
• Ability to interpret customer requirements and translate into automated test coverage
• Experience working in agile multidisciplinary teams using Scrum or Kanban
• Comfortable collaborating across engineering and product functions
• Background in SaaS product environments / heavily regulated industries would be highly beneficial
• Exposure to testing for streaming data or AI/ML pipelines would be useful too

What's in it for me?

• Competitive salary from £75,000 - £95,000
• Remote-first working model with occasional team meetups
• Private healthcare and wellbeing support
• Generous holiday allowance and enhanced parental leave
• Learning and development budget for professional growth
• The chance to work on complex and meaningful data initiatives at scale

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.