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About the Role

As a 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.

What You’ll Do

• 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

What We’re Looking For – Essential

• 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

• 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.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. 

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding 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.