# QA Automation Lead (Data Engineering) — EU-Based

We are looking for a hands-on QA Automation Lead to own data quality and automation for a long-term project with a US-based client. Key responsibilities Define the data testing and automation strategy. Build and maintain scalable automation frameworks. Test backend systems, data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and data transformations. Validate data using complex SQL queries. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. Establish QA standards and review practices. Manage release readiness and Go/No-Go decisions. Use AI tools and LLMs to accelerate test creation and debugging. Requirements 7+ years in QA and test automation. Candidates should currently reside in Europe or be willing and able to relocate to Europe. Strong Python and SQL skills. Experience with data pipelines, ETL/ELT, data warehouses, and OLAP. Experience with Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery, or similar technologies. Proven experience designing automation frameworks. Experience with CI/CD and release management. Practical experience with AI tools such as Cursor, Augment, or Gemini. Strong English communication skills.

- **Id**: 3815492
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/codeminders-qa-automation-lead-data-engineering-eu-based>
- **Role**: QA
- **Role family**: QA
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_regions
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Locations**: Ukraine
- **Countries**: UA
- **Hiring countries**: DE, FR, AT, BE, BG, HR, CY, CZ, DK, FI, HU, IE, IT, NL, PL, RO, ES, SE, EE, GR, LV, LT, LU, MT, PT, SK, SI
- **Hiring countries total**: 27
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T14:53:13Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-05T14:53:13Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
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- **Description chars**: 1119
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- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4416929
- **Name**: Codeminders
- **Domain**: codeminders.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/codeminders-2>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Breezy

## Salary

- **Min**: 3000
- **Max**: 4500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: month
- **Gross**: no
- **Usd annual**: 54000

## Technologies

- **Amazon Redshift** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Cursor** — Optional: no
- **ETL/ELT** — Optional: no
- **Go** — Optional: no
- **Google BigQuery** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Snowflake** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Germany** — Iso: DE; Kind: region
- **France** — Iso: FR; Kind: region
- **Austria** — Iso: AT; Kind: region
- **Belgium** — Iso: BE; Kind: region
- **Bulgaria** — Iso: BG; Kind: region
- **Croatia** — Iso: HR; Kind: region
- **Cyprus** — Iso: CY; Kind: region
- **Czech Republic** — Iso: CZ; Kind: region
- **Denmark** — Iso: DK; Kind: region
- **Finland** — Iso: FI; Kind: region
- **Hungary** — Iso: HU; Kind: region
- **Ireland** — Iso: IE; Kind: region
- **Italy** — Iso: IT; Kind: region
- **Netherlands** — Iso: NL; Kind: region
- **Poland** — Iso: PL; Kind: region
- **Romania** — Iso: RO; Kind: region
- **Spain** — Iso: ES; Kind: region
- **Sweden** — Iso: SE; Kind: region
- **Estonia** — Iso: EE; Kind: region
- **Greece** — Iso: GR; Kind: region
- **Latvia** — Iso: LV; Kind: region
- **Lithuania** — Iso: LT; Kind: region
- **Luxembourg** — Iso: LU; Kind: region
- **Malta** — Iso: MT; Kind: region
- **Portugal** — Iso: PT; Kind: region
- **Slovakia** — Iso: SK; Kind: region
- **Slovenia** — Iso: SI; Kind: region

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T15:42:51Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: seen:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T03:27:16Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 54000
- **Is top pay**: no

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