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Senior Data Quality Engineer

Ciklum Canada

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Posted Aug 6, 2026

**Role & seniority: ** Senior Data Quality Engineer (full-time)

**Location & work type: ** Canada, full-time (remote/hybrid not specified)

**Stack/tools: **

  • SQL (advanced, complex query writing)

  • ETL/data pipelines testing & validation

  • Data quality frameworks/validation processes

  • Source-to-target reconciliation

  • Automation frameworks for data testing (desirable)

  • (Cloud data platforms, modern data engineering practices—desirable)

**Top 3 responsibilities: **

  • Design and execute data quality engineering strategies for enterprise data platforms

  • Validate data via ETL/pipeline testing (accuracy, completeness, reliability) and regression testing

  • Implement source-to-target reconciliation and investigate defects with root cause analysis to improve data integrity

**Must-have skills: **

  • 6+ years QA experience; 4+ years data testing

  • Strong data-specific QA/data validation expertise

  • Hands-on ETL and pipeline testing

  • Advanced SQL for analysis/validation/troubleshooting

  • Experience with data integrity testing and data quality frameworks

  • Strong understanding of data workflows, transformations, and business rule validation

**Nice-to-haves: **

  • Testing large-scale enterprise data platforms/data warehouses

  • Cloud data platforms and modern data engineering practices

  • Automation frameworks for data tes

Full Description

Ciklum is looking for a Senior Data Quality Engineer to join our team full-time in Canada.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role

As a Senior Data Quality Engineer, become a part of a cross-functional development team, engineering experiences of tomorrow.

Responsibilities

  • Design and execute data-focused quality engineering strategies for enterprise data platforms
  • Perform ETL and data pipeline testing to validate data accuracy, completeness, and reliability
  • Develop and execute source-to-target reconciliation processes to ensure data integrity across systems
  • Design, implement, and enhance data quality frameworks and validation processes
  • Create complex SQL queries for data analysis, validation, and troubleshooting
  • Validate data transformations, mappings, and business rules across data workflows
  • Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to identify data issues and improve data quality
  • Perform regression testing for data pipelines, integrations, and analytics platforms
  • Analyze defects, perform root cause analysis, and drive improvements in data quality processes

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in Quality Engineering, with 4+ years focused on data testing
  • Strong experience in data-specific QA and data validation
  • Hands-on experience with ETL testing and data pipeline validation
  • Advanced SQL skills with experience writing complex queries
  • Experience with source-to-target reconciliation and data integrity testing
  • Experience designing and implementing data quality frameworks
  • Strong understanding of data workflows, transformations, and validation techniques
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Desirable

  • Experience testing large-scale enterprise data platforms and data warehouses
  • Familiarity with cloud data platforms and modern data engineering practices
  • Experience with automation frameworks for data testing
  • Knowledge of Agile/Scrum development methodologies
  • Experience with BI/reporting data validation

What’s in it for you?

*** Strong community:** Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment

*** Growth focus:** Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise

*** Tailored learning:** Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications

*** Endless opportunities:** Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies

*** Care:** Healthcare, Basic Life Insurance, Short and Long-term disability insurance according to the Company’s Benefit Plans

About us

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress. Now expanding across Canada, we’re looking for talented professionals to strengthen our North American footprint. Join us to innovate at scale and deliver world-class solutions to global clients.

Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!

Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.

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