Test Lead / Senior Test Automation Engineer

Test Lead / Senior Test Automation Engineer

Company:

Boeing Poland sp. z o.o. EFS

Overview
Boeing Global Services is seeking a Test Lead / Senior Test Automation Engineer to own test strategy, execution, and quality governance for the Boeing Translation Engine (BTE) — a critical, large-scale big‑data platform that supports AHM, Insights Accelerator, and Safety Data Analytics. This senior role requires production-quality code, deep data engineering expertise, and demonstrated leadership driving quality practices across multiple teams and releases.

Job Details:

• Candidates are expected to work from our office in Gdansk for at least 3 days a week.

• Please submit a CV or resume written in English

• Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

• Relocation: This position does not offers relocation based on candidate eligibility

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own cross-team test architecture and frameworks for ETL/ELT, Databricks/Spark, APIs, and UIs that scale across multiple product teams and environments

• Design and implement comprehensive data validation and data-quality strategies for large-scale telemetry processing (schema validation, row counts, statistical checks, delta comparisons, anomaly detection, drift detection)

• Architect and enforce CI/CD-integrated automated testing pipelines (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions) supporting pre-deploy gating, contract testing, canary verification, and regression protection

• Lead synthetic test data generation strategies and robust mocking/stubbing approaches for downstream dependencies; ensure environment-aware and secure test harnesses for sensitive telemetry

• Drive performance, scalability, and distributed load testing for Spark jobs and supporting microservices; quantify bottlenecks and propose system- and code-level remediation

• Collaborate with data engineering, platform, DevOps, and product leadership to define acceptance criteria, release quality gates, and automated verification SLAs

• Implement and maintain observability for test executions; publish automation health metrics (pass rates, flakiness, coverage, mean time to detection) and maintain executive-facing dashboards

• Own test documentation, runbooks, failure triage playbooks, and on-call handover for production incidents related to data correctness and test infrastructure

• Lead and grow a high-performing QA/test automation capability — hire, coach, establish standards, and promote best practices organization-wide

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science

• 8+ years of professional software engineering and testing experience, including technical ownership of QA/test practices across the SDLC

• 3+ years leading or mentoring engineering/QA teams in technical areas (Test Lead, Principal QA Engineer, or similar)

• Deep knowledge of data engineering and lakehouse patterns: partitioning strategies, ACID/Delta semantics, schema evolution, delta table optimization, CDC, time-travel, and data lineage; able to design verification approaches for Databricks/Spark/Delta Lake systems

• Proven experience architecting and building scalable automated test frameworks and embedding them into enterprise CI/CD using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions

• Strong software engineering skills with extensive coding experience in Python, Java, or Scala for test development and automation; ability to review and contribute production-grade code

• Extensive experience testing data pipelines and big-data processing (Databricks, Spark/PySpark, Delta Lake, ADLS Gen2) or equivalent streaming/batch platforms at scale

• Solid familiarity with API testing (REST/gRPC), contract testing (e.g., Pact), and modern UI automation approaches (Selenium, Playwright)

• Experience designing test data generation, advanced mocking/stubbing frameworks, secure test environments, and containerized orchestration for testing (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Demonstrated ability to profile, debug, and triage distributed systems and large-scale data processing jobs

• Exiting rights to work in Poland

• English: C1 (fluent) - must be comfortable working and communicating in English on a daily basis in an international engineering environment; English is the primary language for all technical communication

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Hands-on experience with Databricks testing best practices, Delta Lake validation patterns, and structured streaming testing strategies

• Familiarity with performance/load testing frameworks (JMeter, Locust, k6) and running distributed performance suites

• Experience with observability and telemetry tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Prometheus/Grafana) to instrument and analyze test results and failures

• Prior experience in regulated or safety-critical industries (aerospace preferred)

• Advanced certifications in Azure, Databricks, or enterprise test automation are a plus

Join us if you want to:

• Have flexible working hours.

• Enjoy additional paid days off for Christmas break (December 24th-January 1st).

• Broaden your experience in international software projects, technical workshops, and hackathons.

• Develop professional skills with our virtual learning tools and platforms (O’Reilly Learning, Degreed, EdX, Enterprise Mentoring, Communities of Excellence & Practice).

• Benefit from Employee Recognition Program.

• Get Medical Plan (LuxMed) and life insurance (Warta S.A.) for you and your Family.

• Participate in Employee Pension Scheme (PPE).

• Enjoy and create with us friendly and inclusive atmosphere in workplace.

• Cooperate and exchange knowledge with international team where we support and respect each other.

Work authorization

This requisition is for a locally hired position in Poland. Candidates must have current legal authorization to work immediately in Poland. Boeing will not attempt to obtain Immigration and labor sponsorship for any applicants. Benefits and pay are determined at the local level and are not part of Boeing U.S. based payroll.

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process

Language Requirements:

Not Applicable

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent

Relocation:

Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.

Security Clearance:

This position does not require a Security Clearance.

Visa Sponsorship:

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program

This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:

Not a Shift Worker (Poland)