We are currently looking a Senior Test Engineer to join the Data Cloud team in Dublin.
You will be expected to attend the office 50% of the working week, to align with our hybrid working policy.
WHO ARE WE?
At Creditsafe, we weave our core values of customer-obsession, trust, respect and the courage to be different into the very fabric of our culture. With these values, we’ve fostered a culture of growth, innovation, well-being and success for the last 20 years at Creditsafe and created a legacy of successful career trajectories within our community of Creditsafers.
Powering business decisions for over 100,000 business across the world requires more than just the right tools. As a company, we don’t shy away from rolling up our sleeves to do everything possible to create a welcoming environment where every new talent is guided, supported and nurtured to grow and become a part of the culture.
With 25 offices across 14 countries, our geographically disperse community of colleagues are a testament to our inclusive and diverse culture that comes together to solve complex problems and learn from each other.
Twice featured in The Sunday Times list of ‘100 Best Companies to Work,’ our list of successful Creditsafers who’ve created long-standing, strong career trajectories out of what started out as jobs, just keeps growing. We’re proud to be a part of a culture and a company where careers are made and where talent meet its true potential.
JOB PROFILE
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Test Engineer to join our advanced engineering team. This role is critical in ensuring the quality and reliability of our data-driven solutions. Your work matters: Instead of reactively testing code before production, you will proactively participate in code and architecture design from the ideation stages on, providing expert opinion on how to ensure resulting products are up to the highest quality standards of testability, reliability, and visibility. As development work carries on, you will focus on testing data pipelines, APIs, and the infrastructure that supports our high-volume – dozens of data sources, Terabytes of total data with ingestion frequencies from monthly to streaming -- high-throughput data platform.
Your expertise will ensure that our data delivery systems are robust, scalable, and meet the needs of our global client base.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Shift-Left Testing: You will participate with Product and Engineering from the earliest stages to contribute to systems design and architecture, ensuring that quality remains a focus from day zero.
• Data Pipeline Testing: Design and execute automated tests for complex data pipelines that handle billions of objects, ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and performance from ingestion to delivery.
• API Testing: Develop and implement automated tests for our high-availability, low-latency APIs, ensuring they meet performance and reliability standards under various load conditions and deliver to our customers' expectations.
• Data Validation: Verify the correctness, freshness and completeness of data transformations and integrations across multiple data sources, including Redshift, S3, Aurora, Postgres and DynamoDB.
• Automation: Lead the development and expansion of test automation frameworks using tools like PyTest and Jenkins, integrating them into our CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.
• Collaboration: Work closely with data engineers, developers, and product owners to understand data flows, business logic, and requirements, ensuring that all new features are tested thoroughly before deployment.
• Troubleshooting: Analyse and troubleshoot issues within the data pipelines and APIs, providing detailed bug reports and working with the engineering team to resolve them.
• Performance Testing: Conduct performance testing on data pipelines and APIs, identifying bottlenecks and working with the team to implement improvements.
The responsibilities detailed above are not exhaustive and you may be requested to take on additional responsibilities deemed as reasonable by their direct line manager.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
• Experience: proven experience in software testing with a focus on data engineering, data pipeline testing, and API testing in complex environments.
• Technical Skills: Strong proficiency in Python for writing test scripts and automation. Experience with AWS services, including Redshift, S3, and DynamoDB, is essential.
• Problem-Solving: High IQ with exceptional analytical skills, capable of understanding and testing complex data flows and integrations.
• Automation Expertise: Proven ability to build and maintain test automation frameworks that integrate with CI/CD pipelines, ensuring consistent and repeatable test results.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills, able to clearly articulate issues, solutions, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Cooperation: Our teams have a focus on constant learning and empowerment – you will not just help us test our code, but help us improve how we design, architect and ensure quality.
• Leadership: Experience mentoring junior test engineers, sharing best practices, and leading testing efforts on complex projects.
BENEFITS
• Competitive Salary.
• Company Laptop supplied.
• Bonus Scheme.
• 25 Days Annual Leave (plus bank holidays).
• Hybrid working model.
• Healthcare & Company Pension.
• Cycle to work and Wellbeing Programme.
• Global Company gatherings and events.
• E-learning and excellent career progression opportunities.
• Plus more that can be found on the benefits section on the Careers page, https://careers.creditsafe.com/gb.
Creditsafe is an equal opportunities employer that values diversity. Please contact Creditsafe if there is any support you need with your application.
