Test and validate data ingestion, transformation, and load processes across batch and streaming pipelines; verify warehouse/lakehouse schemas, completeness, accuracy, and timeliness; build automated data quality checks and integrate them into CI/CD; reconcile source-to-target data; validate BI reports and AI/ML models; support data migration, regression testing, monitoring, anomaly detection, and compliance-aware testing (CCPA/GDPR/PCI-DSS).
Ciklum is looking for a Senior Data Quality Engineer to join our team full-time in India.
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:
- Data pipeline / ETL-ELT testing: validation of ingestion, transformation, and load processes across batch and streaming pipelines
- Data warehouse and lakehouse validation: schema, completeness, accuracy, uniqueness, referential integrity, and timeliness
- Source-to-target reconciliation: row counts, aggregate balancing, and field-level validation between operational systems (POS, e-commerce, OMS, ERP) and the data platform
- Data quality automation: automated data validation frameworks (Great Expectations, dbt tests, Soda, or custom SQL frameworks) integrated into pipeline orchestration and CI/CD
- BI and reporting validation: testing dashboards and reports — metric definitions, aggregations, and drill-down accuracy — against certified sources.
- Data migration and conversion testing in support of platform initiatives
- Regression testing of data models and semantic layers when upstream schemas or business rules change
- Testing and validation of AI ML models plus Conversational BI including deep reasoning
- Data quality monitoring, anomaly detection, and data incident triage support.Compliance-aware test practices for customer and transaction data (CCPA/GDPR, PCI-DSS), including masked/synthetic data usage
- Compliance-aware test practices for customer and transaction data (CCPA/GDPR, PCI-DSS), including masked/synthetic data usage
Requirements:
- Hands-on professional experience testing data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and data warehouse/lakehouse loads — not merely application testing of data-adjacent features
- Advanced SQL proficiency, including complex joins, window functions, and aggregate reconciliation queries; proficiency will be verified during interviews and/or a practical assessment
- Experience with at least one modern data platform (Snowflake, Databricks, Incorta, BigQuery, or Redshift) and one orchestration/transformation toolchain (dbt, Airflow, Informatica, or Spark)
- Experience building or operating automated data quality checks (Great Expectations, dbt tests, Soda, or custom frameworks) integrated into pipelines or CI/CD
- Experience validating BI dashboards and reports against certified data sources
- Experience validating AI ML models plus Conversational BI (text to SQL) including deep reasoning
- Retail data domain exposure (e.g., sales/transaction data, inventory, product/merchandising hierarchies, customer/loyalty data) — strongly preferred
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: We’ve got you covered with company-paid medical insurance, mental health support, and financial & legal consultations
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.
India is a strategic innovation hub for Ciklum, with growing teams in Chennai and Pune leading advancements in EdgeTech, AR/VR, IoT, and beyond. Join us to collaborate on game-changing solutions and take your career to the next level.
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.
#LI-MA1
Similar Jobs
Blockchain • Fintech • Payments • Consulting • Cryptocurrency • Cybersecurity • Quantum Computing
Lead product strategy and delivery for Mastercard's In Control virtual card platform. Translate business requirements into technical specs, work with engineering scrum teams, engage regional partners and customers, define platform vision for tokenized and virtual card payments, validate technical delivery, and drive go-to-market and product enhancements to grow B2B and T&E payment adoption.
Top Skills:
AgilePayment ProcessingPme FrameworkScrumTokenizationUx/UiVirtual Card Platform
.jpeg)
Artificial Intelligence • Hardware • Information Technology • Machine Learning
Support short-term (0-13 week) assembly and test execution planning by monitoring production plans, inventory, and delivery performance; analyze supply-demand mismatches, coordinate with supply chain and manufacturing, drive recovery actions, and support continuous improvement and project initiatives to improve planning outcomes.
Cloud • Information Technology • Internet of Things • Machine Learning • Software • Cybersecurity • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Lead sales enablement and end-to-end professional services for Mission Critical Networks (MCN). Act as single point of contact for commercial submissions, align integration and division of responsibility with SIs and partners, manage CoE systems and PoCs, develop E2E portfolio readiness, support CFRs on scope, timelines, and approvals, and provide early visibility of customer and SI requirements to inform roadmap and readiness.
Top Skills:
5GAutomationLteMission Critical Networks (Mcn)
What you need to know about the Pune Tech Scene
Once a far-out concept, AI is now a tangible force reshaping industries and economies worldwide. While its adoption will automate some roles, AI has created more jobs than it has displaced, with an expected 97 million new roles to be created in the coming years. This is especially true in cities like Pune, which is emerging as a hub for companies eager to leverage this technology to develop solutions that simplify and improve lives in sectors such as education, healthcare, finance, e-commerce and more.
