(EG008) Lead QA Engineer - Talent Connection

Title: Lead QA Engineer - Talent Connection 

Explore the Nortal experience! 

🌐 Join our close-knit LATAM remote team: Connect through fun activities like coffee breaks, tech talks, and games with your team-mates and management. 

🍃 Say goodbye to micromanagement! We champion autonomy, open communication, and respect for diversity as our core values. 

⚖️Your well-being matters: Our People Care team is here from day one to support you with everything from time-off requests to wellness check-ins. 

Plus, our Accounts Management team ensures smooth, effective client relationships, so you can focus on what you do best. 

Ready to grow with us? 🚀 

Here’s what we offer you by joining us!  

• Competitive USD salary 💲 – We value your skills and contributions! 

• 🌐 100% remote work 🏢 – While you can work from anywhere, you’re always welcome to connect with teammates and grow your network at our coworking spaces across LATAM!  

• 💼 Paid time off – Take the time you need according to your country’s regulations, all while receiving your full salary. Rest, recharge, and come back stronger!  

• 🎉 National Holidays celebrated 🌴 – Take time off to celebrate important events and traditions with loved ones, fully embracing your culture. 

• 😷 Sick leave – Focus on your health without the stress. Take the necessary time to recover and feel better. 

• 💸 Refundable Annual Credit – Spend it on the perks you love to enhance your work-life balance! 

• 🤝 Team-building activities – Join us for coffee breaks, tech talks, and after-work gatherings to bond with your Nortal family and feel part of our vibrant community. 

• 🥳 Birthday day off 🎂 – Enjoy an extra day off during your birthday week to celebrate in style with friends and family! 

About the project: 

At Nortal, we know great talent doesn’t wait for job openings. That’s why we’re building a community of passionate professionals for future opportunities. 

These proactive searches align with the profiles our trusted clients seek regularly. Join our "Future Talent" network to be among the first considered when the right opportunity arises. 

With over 160 new hires every year, we are constantly expanding our team with passionate and skilled professionals who want to make an impact. 

As a Lead QA Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and scalability of our data pipelines and data integration workflows, especially as we continue to consolidate data from multiple sources. You will help shape and mentor the next generation of QA engineers, and your leadership will directly impact the efficiency, reliability, and scalability of our data solutions. 

How your day-to-day work will look like: 

✅ Lead and manage the QA team within the data engineering department, including task assignment, performance reviews, mentoring, and professional development.  
✅ Design and implement comprehensive QA strategies for data pipelines that align with industry best practices and company standards. You will focus on ensuring the pipelines' reliability, performance, and scalability.  
✅ Oversee the testing of complex data integration workflows. This includes working with data pipelines that consolidate revenue data from 16 different billing systems, ensuring accuracy and consistency as they are migrated to Databricks.  
✅ Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts for data pipelines. This involves collaborating with data engineers to review Azure Data Factory pipelines, Databricks notebooks, and Power BI reports. Ensure that all edge cases, transformations, and data processes are accurately validated.  
✅ Automate the validation of legacy system data (JSON) as it is ingested into Databricks, including JSON comparisons and the transition of data from the current state to the future state. 
✅ Work closely with data engineers, product owners, and stakeholders to ensure the development and testing of data pipelines meets project goals. 
✅ Participate in Agile 2-week iterations, helping with backlog grooming, acceptance criteria, and ensuring all testing efforts align with business goals. 
✅ Work with the team to ensure that data is automatically ingested and validated, reducing manual efforts. 
✅ Mentor junior QA engineers, helping them develop their careers, expand their skill sets, and grow within the organization. 

This would make you the ideal candidate: 

✨ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.  
✨ 5+ Years of experience working in QA roles. 
✨ 2+ Years of experience working in a lead role.  
✨Strong background in Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and related Azure services (Logic Apps, Function Apps). 
✨ Experience with data validation, nested JSON, and legacy system integration is essential. 
✨ Familiarity with Power BI for data validation is required. 
✨ Proficiency in SQL, Python, PySpark, and automated testing frameworks. 
✨ Strong understanding of data pipeline architectures, ETL processes, and cloud data platforms (Azure). 
✨ Experience with test automation tools (e.g., Postman, Jira, Zephyr). 
✨ Ability to perform performance testing and troubleshoot issues related to data integrity, scalability, and data transformations. 
✨ Proven experience in leading and managing a QA team, including task assignment, mentoring, and team development. 
✨ Agile experience with a focus on 2-week iterations, backlog grooming, and sprint-based delivery. 
✨ Relevant certifications in QA (e.g., ISTQB) and Azure technologies (e.g., Azure Data Engineer or Azure Fundamentals) are a plus. 
✨ Advanced English Level is required for this role, as you will work with US clients. Effective communication in English is essential to deliver the best solutions to our clients and expand your horizons. 

What to expect from our Talent Connection process: 

• Sign up: Apply to this position and upload your resume. 

• Profile review: Our team will review your profile and keep it in our talent database. 

• Contact: Our team will contact you to have an interview to get to know you better and to share with you a bit more of what we are looking for.  

• Knowing you better: We'd love to discuss your experience in an interview with our recruiters.   

• Notification: When a suitable position opens, we’ll contact you to start the selection process, having in mind that this process will be faster because we already had the first screening. 

• Transparency: This process is direct and without intermediaries. 

🎯 At Nortal, we’re dedicated to solving complex business challenges through cutting-edge technology, and we believe in the power of tailored solutions. Whether you are passionate about transforming businesses with Generative AI, building innovative software products, or implementing comprehensive enterprise platform solutions, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team! 

We would love to hear from you if you are eager to make an impact and join a collaborative team that values creativity and expertise.  

Let’s work together to shape the future of technology!  

🧑‍💻 Apply now!