Quality Assurance Engineer - Data

Ko wai mātou – About us     

Kia ora.  We’re Foodies.  You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us!   

With 300+ stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life.  Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.    

Our Support Centre is 1,000+ people strong, which includes 400+ IT employees, who all play a vital role in ensuring the cogs of our Co-op stay turning and our systems stay ‘byte’-sized and ‘bug’-free.” 

Te Tūranga – About the role   

At Foodstuffs North Island, data powers everything we do – from keeping shelves stocked to enabling smarter decisions across our iconic retail brands.

We’re investing in modern data platforms and we’re looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer – Data to help ensure our data is accurate, reliable, and trusted.

This role sits within our growing QA Engineering practice and works closely with Data Engineering squads to uplift how data quality is built and validated across large‑scale data platforms.

You’ll play a hands‑on role in testing complex data platforms and pipelines that support mission‑critical business outcomes. Working within Agile delivery squads, you’ll combine strong data testing skills with an automation‑first mindset, helping ensure data quality is embedded end‑to‑end.

This is a great role for someone who enjoys thinking holistically about data flows, integrations, and performance in a fast‑paced FMCG environment.

 In this role, you will be:

• Championing data quality across enterprise data platforms
• Partnering with delivery squads to shape data testing approaches early
• Testing ETL / ELT pipelines and validating large, complex datasets
• Writing and executing SQL and other query scripts for data validation
• Contributing to automated data testing, reconciliation, and integration coverage
• Supporting performance and scalability testing during peak data volumes
• Identifying, managing, and clearly communicating data defects and risks
• Continuously improving tools, techniques, and testing approaches
• Sharing knowledge and contributing to a collaborative QA community

He kōrero mōu - About you   

You’re curious, analytical, and passionate about data quality. You’re comfortable working with modern data platforms and enjoy collaborating with engineers, analysts, and product partners to deliver high‑quality outcomes.

You’ll bring:

• Data testing with strong SQL skills
• Validating ETL / ELT pipelines in data warehouse environments
• Scripting or programming (e.g. Python, R, Java, C#, Ruby)
• Modern data platforms such as BigQuery, Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, Synapse, or Redshift
• API testing and test management tools
• Agile delivery environments and continuous improvement

 It’s a bonus if you also have:

• Data platform performance or load testing experience
• Power BI, Tableau, or other data visualisation tools
• ETL/ELT testing tools or frameworks like QuerySurge, iCEDQ, dbt, Great Expectations or PyTest.
• CI/CD exposure.
• FMCG, Retail, or Wholesale exposure.

 We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits: 

• Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including EV plugs 
• Southern cross health insurance 
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores 
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave  
• Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes). 

 Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.  

 We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.  

 We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.  

 If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to  Recruitment.Foodstuffs@foodstuffs.co.nz.  Accessibility support could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.  

Don’t ‘cart’ around – apply now!