Remote lead qa engineer

Lead QA Engineer | Backend | Data | ETL | Agile | Automation

Our insurance client in Leicester are looking for a Lead Quality Engineer focused on testing backend systems / data migration / ETL / data quality. If interested, please see the details below:

Overview of role:

As Lead Quality Engineer, you’ll lead testing efforts within an Agile team, ensuring the quality of data pipelines and ETL processes. You’ll define test strategies, mentor a high-performing team, and collaborate with stakeholders to align testing with business goals. Responsibilities include hands-on data validation, test automation, performance testing, and continuous improvement of frameworks.

Salary: £65k + bonus + very strong benefits package

Location: Leicester: 2-3 days a week

Why you could be interested:

• Join a global company operating in 40+ countries with continuous career progression opportunities.
• Inclusive and innovative culture / Continuous improvement environment
• Recognised as one of the very best places to work in 2025

Experience Required:

• Experience in data warehouse testing, including ETL processes, data pipelines and data integration.
• Strong data quality testing expertise
• Proven ability to define and implement testing strategies tailored to data warehouse products, including manual and automated testing approaches
• Experience developing test plans, test cases, and data quality checks across multiple stages of the data pipeline.

Nice to have / not essential:

• Experience building and maintaining test harnesses using tools like dbt (Data Build Tool) for automating data validation across ETL processes and ensuring test integration with CI/CD pipelines.

If interested, please get in touch

Thanks

Bilal

Xpertise Recruitment