About The Role

We are looking for a highly skilled QA Lead with extensive experience in database testing to ensure the quality, integrity, and performance of our data-driven applications.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in SQL, ETL testing, data validation, and backend automation while leading QA processes and teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage QA efforts, ensuring high-quality testing strategies for database-driven applications.
• Design, develop, and execute complex SQL queries to validate data integrity and consistency.
• Perform ETL testing, ensuring proper data transformation, migration, and validation.
• Conduct backend testing of stored procedures, triggers, indexing, and performance optimizations.
• Automate database testing using appropriate tools and frameworks.
• Collaborate with developers, DBAs, and business analysts to understand data requirements and ensure quality assurance.
• Define and implement best practices for test data management.
• Work closely with DevOps and engineering teams to integrate database testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, ensuring knowledge sharing and process improvements.
  
  

Mandatory Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in QA, with at least 3+ years in a QA Lead role.
• Strong expertise in database testing, including writing and executing complex SQL queries.
• Experience in ETL testing and data validation across different systems.
• Hands-on experience with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle.
• Knowledge of stored procedures, triggers, indexing, and query optimization.
• Experience with backend automation frameworks for database testing.
• Familiarity with API testing and integration with databases.
• Understanding of data migration strategies and data quality assurance.
  
  

Nice To Have

• Experience with cloud databases (AWS RDS, Azure SQL, Google Cloud BigQuery, etc.).
• Knowledge of big data testing with tools like Apache Spark, Hadoop, or Snowflake.
• Experience with performance testing for databases.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, etc.) for test automation integration.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools (Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, or Postman).
  
  

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