Data QA Lead

About This Job

Job Description

• Act as the QA owner for one delivery team: participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily scrum, review and retrospective

• Apply the shift-left, test-driven model: agree acceptance criteria and test design with the developer and business analyst before development starts, so tests lead and code follows

• Plan and estimate QA effort per work item; commit QA capacity at sprint planning and manage it through the sprint

• Lead and mentor the QA engineers assigned to the team; review their test designs, queries and defect reports

• Design and execute data validation, source to target, integration, regression and post-production checks across SSIS, dbt, Fivetran, Python ingestion and Databricks pipelines

• Own the team's quality gate results: confirm accuracy, latency, performance and security gates are met before each environment promotion and give the QA sign-off for release

• Log, triage and track defects in Azure DevOps; drive resolution with developers and communicate impact to the business analyst and product owner

• Track and report team level quality metrics: first-pass quality, defect escape rate, automated regression coverage and QA cycle time

• Coordinate knowledge transfer and shadow coverage during transition, and maintain the team's test assets and runbooks

• Lead root cause analysis for post-production defects affecting the team's scope and implement preventive test coverage

• Use AI/LLM-powered tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot) to accelerate test case generation, synthetic data and query review, validating AI-assisted output before use

• Communicate QA status, risks and release readiness to the Practice Lead and US stakeholders

Required Key Knowledge Skills/ Experience

• 6+ years in QA testing, including 3+ years in a data engineering or data warehousing environment and 2+ years leading or coordinating testers

• Strong SQL for data validation, reconciliation and profiling; working Python for test scripting

• Hands-on experience testing ETL/ELT pipelines built with tools such as SSIS, dbt, Fivetran or Python-based ingestion

• Experience with test planning, estimation and risk-based test coverage in agile sprints

• Experience with defect management and test tracking in Azure DevOps or equivalent

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to explain data quality issues to technical and non-technical audiences

• Ability to work independently under minimal supervision and a strong track record of meeting delivery commitments

Preferred Experience

• Hands-on experience with Databricks (PySpark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks Workflows/Jobs) or other Big Data/Spark platforms

• Experience with test automation frameworks for data (e.g., pytest, Great Expectations, dbt tests) and CI/CD quality gates

• Experience testing Tableau or other BI reporting layers

• ISTQB certification

• Banking or financial services industry experience

Education requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or related field

About Axos

Born digital-first, Axos delivers financial tools and services that allow individuals, small businesses, and companies to access and manage their money how, when, and where they want. We’re a diverse team of dynamic, insightful, and independent innovators who are excited to provide technology-driven solutions that offer unbeatable value to our customers.

Axos Financial is our holding company and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "AX" (NYSE: AX).

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Pre-Employment Background Check, Medical, and Drug Test:

All offers are contingent upon the candidate successfully passing a credit check, criminal background check, and pre-employment medical and drug screening. 

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Axos is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Job Functions and Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to sit for extended periods of time. Manual dexterity and coordination are required while operating standard office equipment such as computer keyboard and mouse, calculator, telephone, copiers, etc.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.