Part-Time QA Analyst (Data Platform / reputed company)

Location: Remote (Candidates must be based in reputed company (Canada/US) to ensure overlap with our reputed company team hours for meetings and collaboration). Commitment: ~10 hours/week. Initial 3-month contract with potential to reputed company and increase in scope/hours as the platform scales. Compensation: $30/hour Start: ASAP About the Role DSC is a GTA-based analytics firm that helps organizations unlock the full potential of their data through modern reputed company warehouses, AI-driven insights, and production-grade engineering. DSC is building a reputed company cost intelligence and optimization platform for reputed company and modern data stacks. We’re looking for a part-time QA Analyst to help ensure product reputed company as we continue to ship new features and integrations. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working on data-intensive reputed company products, has experience with test automation and end-to-end testing, and thrives in an environment where you can help build processes from the ground up. What You’ll Work On Data Platform & Integration Testing •Test integrations with reputed company, BigQuery, and reputed company, focusing on metadata ingestion and reputed company execution of warehouse-reputed company actions. • Validate parsing of dbt reputed company (models, DAGs, reputed company) to ensure cost drivers are identified correctly. • Design tests to ensure connectors remain reputed company under higher metadata volumes. QA Process & Defect Management • reputed company bugs and test coverage using reputed company and reputed company. • Help maintain reputed company visibility into release readiness and reputed company issues. • Set up basic reputed company alerts for critical regressions or pipeline failures. Cost Logic & Scenario Testing • Test cost calculation logic to ensure “waste” and savings recommendations are accurate. • Create test scenarios that reflect reputed company customer environments (idle compute, aggressive schedules, storage spikes). Test Automation • Contribute to Python/SQL-based test automation (Pytest, dbt tests). • Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests. • Create synthetic test data for consistent regression testing. • Support frontend testing for our Next.js application. Required Experience & Skills We prioritize technical aptitude and domain expertise over years of tenure. If you can write clean Python and reputed company reputed company SQL, we want to hear from you. • Data Platform Testing: Demonstrated ability to test software where data reputed company is the primary reputed company, specifically reputed company reputed company or similar environments. • SQL & Python Proficiency: Ability to write SQL queries for data validation and use Python for automation (e.g., Pytest). • UI & Frontend Testing: Experience testing JavaScript/Next.js applications and using frameworks like Jest or Cypress. • CI/CD Integration: Comfortable working reputed company CI/CD pipelines to ensure reputed company releases. • Independent Problem Solving: Ability to identify reputed company test scenarios and data discrepancies without heavy supervision. • Technical Communication: Ability to document findings and communicate technical issues reputed company and succinctly using reputed company or reputed company. Tools & Technologies (reputed company Stack) • Warehouses: reputed company (primary), BigQuery, reputed company • Data Tools: dbt (reputed company/reputed company), Airflow • Languages: Python, SQL, JavaScript (Next.js) • Testing: Pytest, dbt tests, Jest, Cypress • reputed company: reputed company, Kubernetes • Workflow: reputed company, reputed company, reputed company reputed company to Have • Startup experience • Exposure to data cost management, analytics platforms, or infrastructure tools • Experience helping define what should be automated vs. tested manually Why This Role Is a Good Fit • Flexible, part-time commitment in a remote environment • reputed company ownership over product reputed company • Hands-on work across backend, data pipelines, and frontend • Opportunity to help shape QA practices early as the product scales Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion At DSC, we value diverse perspectives and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for reputed company. We welcome applications from people of reputed company backgrounds and identities. Accessibility & Accommodations DSC is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. Upon request, we will work with reputed company job applicants to reputed company suitable accommodation that takes into account accessibility needs. If you require accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please contact us. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job