Job#: 2071187

Job Description:

Role: Lead QA Engineer

Location: 4x/week onsite in Austin, TX (78735)

Salary: 150k + up to 15% Bonus/Benefits

Full Time (Direct Hire)

About the Role

We are seeking a seasoned Test Engineering Manager to lead and grow our test engineering function within the Data Engineering team. This role is critical to ensuring the quality and integrity of our data platforms, pipelines, and products. The ideal candidate is not only an experienced leader but also a hands-on engineer who can guide the team through complex testing challenges across our data and application ecosystems.

What You’ll Do

• Lead a team of test engineers, providing mentorship, guidance, and career development.
• Define and drive testing strategies across data engineering initiatives, including data pipelines, integrations, and data platform migrations.
• Collaborate closely with data engineers, analysts, and product teams to ensure thorough test coverage and data quality.
• Oversee the development and execution of test plans for systems including Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, SSIS packages, and APIs.
• Develop automation frameworks and data validation tools using Python (Pandas, Polars, PySpark) and SQL (SQL Server).
• Build and maintain automated test suites for UI regression testing using Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Implement and manage API testing frameworks.
• Author comprehensive master test plans and participate in architecture and design reviews.
• Promote best practices in testing, CI/CD, and quality assurance within the team.

What You Bring

• Proven experience managing test engineering teams, preferably in data-centric environments.
• Strong Python skills with a focus on automation and data validation (Pandas, Polars, or PySpark).
• Advanced SQL skills, with experience in SQL Server.
• Experience with Snowflake and testing data workflows within it.
• Familiarity with Databricks or similar notebook-based environments like Jupyter or Google Colab.
• Deep understanding of Azure services, especially Azure Data Factory.
• Experience testing SSIS packages and other ETL solutions.
• Hands-on experience with UI automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Experience in building API test suites and automation frameworks.
• A collaborative mindset and a passion for mentoring engineers of all experience levels.
• Experience working within CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to modern data architectures and cloud-native design patterns.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Apex team member can provide.