What Youll Be Doing (position summary): As a hands-on Senior QA Engineer, you will lead quality engineering for data platforms aligned to a multi-year product roadmap. Working with Product, Architecture, Data, and business stakeholders, you will translate business goals into scalable test strategies using enterprise standards and modern QA practices. You will manage 810 QA engineers supporting Data Engineering and establish consistent quality practices across Databricks and Py Spark solutions. You will oversee test planning, automation, execution, defect management, and release validation for secure cloud data pipelines, ETL, analytics, data quality, and lineage. You will drive QA excellence through automation standards, peer reviews, mentoring, sprint and release discipline, and shift-left testing. You will allocate resources, remove SDLC bottlenecks, track defects and quality metrics, improve coverage and delivery effectiveness, and support release readiness. You will lead QA estimation intake, identify automation opportunities, define and track KPIs,



and drive Agile Scrum practices including capacity planning, story pointing, velocity tracking, and ceremonies. POCs may be required to validate tools, frameworks, and test approaches. Success in this role requires strong communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to build alignment, facilitate solution discussions, and guide decisions through governance forums. This role is one of the early hires for US Technology, Data & AI at CIBC India, helping establish cross-site alignment and a strong engineering culture supporting enterprise and TDAI priorities. Work arrangements, including on-site and work from home, will be discussed during the interview process. At CIBC India we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (including on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.
How Youll Succeed (responsibiliti

📌 Senior Qa Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 CIBC India
📍 Hyderabad