**Role & seniority: ** Test Engineer — Cloud & Data Platform (Lakehouse); mid-level (3–5+ years)

**Location & work type: ** Hybrid; 2 days/month or from office 2 days (interpretation: 2 days from office) — London, UK

**Stack/tools: **

Terraform (IaC testing/unit tests/state management), GitLab CI/CD
AWS: S3, IAM, Glue, Lake Formation, EventBridge, CloudWatch, Lambda
Data platforms: Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, Apache Iceberg
Security/compliance: Checkov, tfsec (scanning); encryption/tagging/data residency checks
Python (test automation/utilities)
SRE concepts: SLIs/SLOs, chaos/performance testing
Top 3 responsibilities:
- Develop and run testing for cloud infrastructure & IaC (Terraform) including state-aware checks
- Create/maintain CI/CD pipeline tests in GitLab CI (e.g., matrix jobs/artifact validation)
- Perform security/compliance and governance validation for lakehouse data platform deployments
Must-have skills:
- 3–5+ years QA/testing or platform testing with a quality focus
- 2+ years testing cloud infrastructure + IaC on AWS using Terraform/CloudFormation
- Hands-on CI/CD pipeline testing experience (GitLab CI or similar)
- Python scripting for automation
- Familiarity with data platforms (Snowflake/Databricks/dbt/AWS Glue)
Nice-to-haves:
- AWS certification
- Financial services / regulated industry experience
- Deeper SRE experience (error budget

Full Description

Job Title: Test Engineer - Cloud & Data Platform (Lakehouse)

Working: Hybrid (2 days from office)

Office Location: UK (London) Core Technical Skills Terraform (IaC testing, unit tests, state management) | Advanced | GitLab CI/CD (pipeline testing, matrix jobs, artefacts) | Advanced | AWS data services (S3, IAM, Glue, Lake Formation, EventBridge, CloudWatch, Lambda) | Intermediate–Advanced | Security scanning tools (Checkov, tfsec) | Intermediate | Data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, DBT, Apache Iceberg) | Intermediate | Python (test automation, pipeline utilities) | Intermediate | SRE practices (SLIs/SLOs, chaos engineering, performance testing) | Intermediate | Compliance testing (encryption, tagging, data residency) | Intermediate | Required Experience 3–5+ years** in software testing, QA engineering, or platform engineering with a quality focus 2+ years** testing cloud infrastructure and IaC (AWS + Terraform or CloudFormation) Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipeline testing (GitLab CI or equivalent) Familiarity with data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, DBT, or AWS Glue) Python scripting for test automation and utilities Experience with compliance and governance requirements in regulated industries

Preferred

AWS certification (any level)
Experience in financial services or regulated environments
Familiarity with SRE practices (error budgets, blameless postmortems)
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Salary: 200 - 250 GBP Per day