QA Lead

QA LeadThe QA Lead is responsible for establishing and leading quality assurance practices across RPM Living's Data & Analytics platform, ensuring the accuracy, reliability, and integrity of data pipelines, reports, and analytics products delivered through Microsoft Fabric and Power BI. This role partners closely with Data Engineering, Product Management, and business stakeholders to build testing frameworks, validation standards, and quality gates that support confident, data-driven decision-making across the organization.Responsibilities include designing, implementing, and maintaining QA frameworks and test plans for data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and Power BI/Fabric reporting deliverables. The QA Lead will establish data validation, reconciliation, and regression testing standards across bronze, silver, and gold layers of the Fabric medallion architecture. They will partner with Data Engineering to define acceptance criteria and quality gates prior to production release, lead root-cause analysis on data quality incidents, and drive corrective and preventive actions. Additionally, they will build and maintain automated testing scripts and monitoring/alerting for data quality anomalies, collaborate with Product Management to translate business requirements into testable data and reporting specifications, and own the QA intake and triage process for defects surfaced through support channels.The QA Lead will document QA processes, test cases, and standards; mentor analysts and engineers on quality best practices; track and report quality metrics to Data & Analytics leadership; support UAT cycles with business stakeholders during platform migrations and new integration rollouts; and leverage AI tools such as Claude and CodeRabbit to accelerate test case generation, code/data review, and defect identification across the QA lifecycle.Education and experience required include a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, with five years of experience in data quality assurance, software QA, or data engineering testing roles. Hands-on experience testing modern data platforms, such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse/Data Factory, or similar, is preferred. Knowledge of CI/CD practices as applied to data pipeline testing, SQL for data validation and reconciliation, and skills in analysis and problem-solving with meticulous attention to detail are also necessary. The candidate should be skilled at prioritizing and managing multiple concurrent testing efforts in a fast-paced, evolving environment, skilled in Power BI or comparable BI tools from a data-accuracy/testing perspective, and able to collaborate and influence quality standards across engineering and product teams.Physical requirements include the ability to sit for extended periods, occasionally lift or carry items up to 15 pounds, operate a computer, keyboard, mouse, and other office equipment, read documents and computer screens, and hear and understand verbal communications in person and over the phone or computer. This is a hybrid role, requiring the associate to work in one of our corporate or regional offices three or four days per week based on managers' discretion. The office is an open setting which may include bright lights, constant noise, and distractions.Join RPM Living and experience exceptional benefits designed to enhance your life, including weekly pay for all associates working onsite, comprehensive healthcare coverage, employer-paid employee assistance, mental health, and wellness programs, ancillary benefits, 401(k) with robust company match, opportunities for professional development, career growth, and role-based learning plans, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and multiple Employee Resource Groups (ERG), paid time off plus floating holidays and volunteer days, discounted perks, and employment contingent upon successful completion of a background check. RPM Living is an Equal Opportunity Employer. RPM Living