Quality Engineer — Automation & Release Readiness

Just Eat Holding; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Just Eat Takeaway.com is seeking a Quality Engineer in the Engagement domain to join a cross-functional squad building the web, mobile, and .NET services powering loyalty and rewards for millions of customers and partners.

You will be the squad's quality champion, embedding testing across delivery, partnering with developers and product managers to define acceptance criteria and build reliable test automation.

Qualifications

• Strong Observability and debugging using tools like Datadog, Sentry, CloudWatch or Grafana.
• Practical ability to query relational and NoSQL databases to inspect backend state and seed fixtures.
• Experience building/maintaining automated tests (Playwright, Cypress, or similar) with JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Solid API testing experience using RESTful APIs and tools like Postman.
• Familiarity with web security principles (OWASP Top 10) and non-functional testing.
• Shift-left mindset: collaborate in refinement with Product Managers and Engineers to shape tests early.
• Collaborative mindset: communicate to enable developers to test effectively.

Responsibilities

• Be the squad's dedicated quality champion: define acceptance criteria during refinement before code is written.
• Build and maintain API and UI automation within the team's CI/CD pipeline.
• Bridge squad delivery with domain standards by adopting shared tooling and frameworks.
• Coach developers on writing effective tests to foster shared ownership.
• Prioritize risk-based testing to balance release velocity and user impact.
• Provide release readiness assessments with clear, evidence-based risk insights.

Skills

Observability

Data verification

Test automation

API testing

Security awareness

Shift-left

Collaboration

Tools

Datadog

Sentry

CloudWatch

Grafana

Job description

Just Eat Takeaway.com is seeking a Quality Engineer in the Engagement domain to join a cross-functional squad building the web, mobile, and .NET services powering loyalty and rewards for millions of customers and partners.

You will be the squad's quality champion, embedding testing across delivery, partnering with developers and product managers to define acceptance criteria and build reliable test automation.