--- title: 'Senior Quality Engineer at Matillion' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-quality-engineer-matillion-manchester-8szyvpzxdv9e' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-11' --- # Senior Quality Engineer at Matillion - **Company:** Matillion - **Location:** Manchester, United Kingdom - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-08-14 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/matillion/0bc81d96-b2ae-4093-9f9a-16140de2f0b3 ## Job description Are you ready to shape the future of data? Matillion is the company behind Maia, the AI Data Automation platform. In the AI economy, demand for data is exploding. Manual data engineering can’t keep up. Maia fixes that by combining 15 years of data expertise with agentic AI to eliminate the manual work that slows data teams down. Organisations like Cisco, DocuSign, and Slack are already using it to deliver real business impact, faster. We started in Manchester and now we’re global - with teams across the UK, US and India. We are driven, curious, energetic people who move fast, think big and hold ourselves to a high standard. We’re here to make a dent in the universe bigger than ourselves. And we’re looking for people who want to be part of it. ## Role Purpose Matillion is built around small development teams with responsibility for specific themes and initiatives. Each team is a mix of engineers with various levels of skills and experience. As a Senior Quality Engineer you will bring technical guidance and demonstrable experience in integrating quality checks throughout our development cycle. The ambition is to deliver our services in the most efficient, controlled and high quality way possible. Outside of day to day delivery you will also support the overall quality journey within Engineering. What will you be doing? - As a Senior Quality Engineer at Matillion, you will spend significant time testing our software products, ensuring quality throughout the development process. - You will help maintain and improve existing quality frameworks while promoting a shift-left approach to testing. - You'll work with a variety of tools for automation, security, accessibility, and performance testing, while also honing your automation skills. - As part of a cross-functional team, you will drive the focus on quality, always keeping the customer’s needs in mind. - You will also contribute to identifying and improving areas in the overall quality journey, whilst also assisting in mentoring team members in developing their skills. - Assist in recruitment and mentoring team members in developing their skills. What are we looking for? Essential - Proficiency in managing end-to-end testing of SaaS applications, using various testing approaches (e.g., rapid, risk-based, exploratory, regression, security, usability, performance) suitable for distributed systems, with a strong understanding of the Test Pyramid and automation. - Experience developing and maintaining test automation tools (e.g., contract, integration, accessibility, performance, security) for applications and services, with coding skills in Java/JavaScript to implement frameworks like Cypress, Playwright and Pact. - Solid understanding of the full software development lifecycle using CI/CD tooling, agile methodologies (e.g., Kanban, Scrum), and a strong focus on ensuring quality from business, customer, and technical perspectives. - Experience with at least one cloud platform (AWS, GCP, Azure) and good knowledge of databases and SQL. - A collaborative team player with a QA mindset, eager to challenge and improve practices, and committed to continuous learning and personal development in quality engineering. - Matillion has fostered a culture that is collaborative, fast-paced, ambitious, and transparent, and an environment where people genuinely care about their colleagues and communities. Personal Capabilities - Inquisitiveness- asks questions to explore and understand the underlying technology, with the intent of leading to the most appropriate solutions. - Autonomy - ability to work on tasks and solve problems independently, seeking assistance as needed. - Motivation - sets personal challenges and constantly looking to stretch themselves. - Problem-solving - recognition of problems with the intent to find solutions. - Integrity - honest and transparent in dealings, open to voice and accepting criticism, and builds credibility through actions. - Detail-focused - pays attention to the details and can make a conscious effort to understand causes instead of just the effects. - Big picture-aware - understands the scope and impact of a problem or solution. At Matillion, we are committed to providing competitive salaries in line with market standards. Our estimated compensation range for this position is £52,800 - £79,200, but the final salary will be based on your relevant skills, experience and qualifications demonstrated in the hiring process. More about Matillion We operate a flexible working culture that promotes work-life balance, with benefits including: Company Equity 30 days holiday + bank holiday 5 days paid volunteering leave Private Health Insurance Life Insurance Pension Access to mental health support ## Your Safety Matillion recruiters will only contact you from @matillion.com email addresses. We occasionally work with trusted recruiting partners; they will always tell you they are working on our behalf. We will never ask for money, fees, or bank details at any point in the hiring process. If something feels off, trust that instinct. Don't click any links. Go straight to matillion.com/careers to verify open roles or reach us at talent@matillion.com. Want to know more? Don't tick every box? Apply anyway. We hire for potential, not just experience. A member of our Talent Acquisition team will be in touch. Cannot find anything suitable role right now? We still want to hear from you. Drop us a line at talent@matillion.com. Find out more about life on #TeamGreen here. Matillion is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our team. Matillion prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Matillion does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law. ## About Matillion ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Matillion is the intelligent data integration platform that empowers data teams to build and manage pipelines faster for AI and analytics - at scale. - **Entity Type**: Private (Unicorn; Series E funding at $1.5 billion valuation) - **Headquarters**: Manchester, England (dual headquarters in Denver, Colorado, USA; additional office in Hyderabad, India) - **Founded**: 2011 - **Founders**: Matthew Scullion and Ed Thompson ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Data integration, cloud data warehousing, AI data automation - **Target customers**: B2B enterprise – data teams at large organizations (customers include Cisco, DocuSign, Slack, St. James Place, TUI) - **Mission/purpose**: Remove data friction, 100x productivity, and open up data integration to the entire business, with AI and for AI ## Products & Services - **Data Productivity Cloud**: Cloud-native platform for extracting, loading, and transforming data from a wide range of sources into cloud data warehouses (AWS, Snowflake, etc.) - **Maia**: The world’s first agentic AI for data teams – autonomously creates, manages, and evolves data products for humans and AI - **Change Data Capture (CDC) & Data Replication**: Real-time data ingestion and synchronization capabilities ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: $1.5 billion (Series E funding round) - **Key Metric**: Total funding amount not publicly disclosed in provided sources; annual revenue not publicly available (private company) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly listed in provided sources (some typical enterprise backers implied by unicorn status) - **Growth Signals**: Product expansion with AI-native Maia; headcount of 573 employees (Built In, 2026); global presence with offices in UK, US, and India; trusted by thousands of enterprises including Fortune 500 names ## Competitive Advantages - First-mover in cloud-native data transformation with a decade of experience (pioneered cloud ETL) - Agentic AI platform (Maia) that redefines manual data work – an early mover in the AI data automation space - Strong enterprise trust and brand recognition with marquee customers - Integrated suite covering loading, transformation, CDC, and orchestration in one cloud-based platform ## Strategic Focus - Accelerate AI adoption in data teams by productizing Maia and embedding AI throughout the platform - Expand data replication and real-time integration capabilities (CDC) - Scale globally (dual HQ model) and continue hiring across engineering, sales, and operations - Maintain culture of “mission first, no ego” while growing headcount ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Driven, curious, low-ego environment focused on a bold mission. Six core values guide decisions and behavior. - **Work model**: Hybrid – flexible combination of remote and on-site work. Offices in Manchester (HQ), Denver, and Hyderabad. Employees expected to be on-site periodically. - **Perks & benefits**: - Equity options for all employees - Global healthcare (including life insurance), subsidized for dependents - Enhanced vacation leave plus 5 paid volunteering days per year - Sabbatical leave (8 weeks after 5 years) - Commitment to gender pay equity (UK Gender Pay Gap report published) - **Hiring process**: Transparent use of AI – AI assists with skill mapping, note-taking, and assessment frameworks, but all final hiring decisions are made by humans. AI fluency is valued and assessed for roles. ## Sources 1. [matillion.com](https://www.matillion.com/) 2. [matillion.com/about](https://www.matillion.com/about) 3. [matillion.com/careers](https://www.matillion.com/careers) 4. [jobs.lever.co/matillion](https://jobs.lever.co/matillion) 5. 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