Quality Automation Engineer

Join our Movement and Champion Restaurant Culture! At TheFork we believe that the best things in life happen around the table. As the leading restaurant booking platform in Europe, we connect a broad community of diners with the world’s favorite restaurants, delivering unique dining experiences across 11 countries. Responsibilities

Design, build, and evolve test automation frameworks and internal tooling (Playwright + TypeScript as primary stack) Act as owner of the test ecosystem, including repositories, architecture, and long‑term maintainability Define and enforce testing standards, guidelines, and best practices across engineering teams Enable developers to write effective tests by providing abstractions, utilities, and reusable components Collaborate with teams to improve testability of systems (APIs, frontend, data flows) without directly owning feature tests Own and optimize CI/CD test pipelines (e.g., Jenkins), focusing on speed, reliability, and scalability Identify systemic issues (flakiness, instability, slow feedback loops) and implement structural solutions, not patches Design and maintain test data management and environment orchestration strategies Define, implement, and evolve quality gates and metrics (coverage, reliability, execution time, signal quality) Support teams in debugging complex failures by providing observability and diagnostic tooling Explore and integrate AI‑driven testing capabilities to improve productivity and test robustness Mentor engineers and promote a quality engineering mindset across the organization

Key Qualifications

2 to 5 years of experience Strong experience as an SDET / Quality Engineer focused on frameworks and tooling, not just test implementation Proven experience designing and maintaining test frameworks at scale Hands‑on experience with modern automation tools (Playwright preferred) Strong understanding of test architecture patterns (test pyramid, separation of concerns, isolation strategies) Experience enabling teams through libraries, SDKs, or shared tooling Solid experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., Jenkins), including pipeline optimization and debugging Experience with API testing (REST/GraphQL) and designing reusable testing layers Strong problem‑solving skills focused on root cause analysis and systemic improvements Comfortable working cross‑team and acting as a technical reference for quality Fluent in English (written and spoken)

Additional Qualifications

Experience building internal developer platforms or test platforms Deep expertise in Playwright ecosystem (custom reporters, fixtures, plugins, parallelization strategies) Experience with GraphQL testing tooling and schema‑driven validation Familiarity with quality gate systems (e.g., SonarQube / SonarCloud) and defining engineering‑wide standards Experience with test data platforms (dynamic data generation, seeding, environment control) Exposure to AI‑assisted testing / LLM‑based tooling Experience with containerization (Docker) and ephemerally managed environments Strong understanding of observability (logs, metrics, tracing) applied to test systems Experience in organizations where testing is decentralized but governed centrally

Benefits

Permanent contract Flexible working environment (remote and office flexibility) Competitive fixed salary and bonus Lunch vouchers available each working day International teams and multicultural environment across 10 offices in Europe Highly inclusive working environment Lifestyle benefits for physical and leisure activities, family support, travel, etc. Continuous learning and development programs Free access to mental‑health app Dedicated parental leave and caregiver leave policies (12 weeks fully paid) Health insurance fully covered by the company Life & Disability Insurance at no cost to the employee On‑site dining, coffee points and leisure area

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