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Lead QA Automation Engineer
Location
Illinois
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
$107.1K - $159.4K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Lead QA Automation Engineer
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated
• Lead small-to-medium QA initiatives and define test strategies • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate data requirements into testable scenarios • Design, develop, and maintain test automation frameworks • Perform data testing and validation across data pipelines • Build and support automated processes for data ingestion validation • Provide team leadership, mentoring QA engineers, driving best practices • Develop test coverage models and capacity-aware testing strategies • Establish quality metrics, KPIs, and monitoring frameworks • Recommend and enforce QA standards and testing processes across data platforms
Job Requirements
- 8+ years big data or relevant experience
- 8+ years' experience with cataloging, modeling, ingestion, processing, and streaming technologies and processes
- 4+ years of Data Analysis experience
- Demonstrated ability to lead QA teams, drive automation strategy, and influence cross-functional stakeholders
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Expertise in data testing (ETL, data pipelines, data lake validation, reconciliation)
- Proficiency in SQL and data validation techniques
- Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation integration
- Experience validating data quality rules, transformations, and business logic
- Knowledge of data security, privacy (PII), and compliance validation
- Experience with API and integration testing (REST, JSON, data contracts)
- Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (Playwright, Selenium, Cypress)
- Experience working with big data platforms (Hive, Spark, NoSQL, data lake architectures)
- Familiarity with cloud data platforms (Azure, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks)
- Exposure to data observability and monitoring frameworks
- Experience implementing test metrics, KPIs, and quality dashboards
- Knowledge of performance testing for data pipelines
Benefits
- Annual bonus plan
- Participation in long-term equity incentive plan
- Full range of health benefits
- Retirement benefits
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