Quality Automation Engineer

Paris, Barcelona

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 the broadest community of loyal diners with the world’s favorite restaurants. Powered by innovation and a deep passion for the restaurant industry, we create unique dining experiences across 11 countries.

We’re part of the Tripadvisor Group and proud to be building a diverse, people-first culture where “respect”, “ownership”, “growth” and “better together” values thrive. If you’re passionate about food, technology, and making a real impact, your seat at the table is ready.

👉 Discover life at TheFork

What you will do:

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
Drive test architecture decisions (structure, layering, fixtures, data handling, isolation strategies)
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

Who you are:

You Must Meet These Critical Qualifications

Strong experience as an SDET / Quality Engineer with a focus on frameworks and tooling, not just test implementation
Excellent programming skills in TypeScript / JavaScript
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)

You Can Impress With These Additions

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
Backend development experience (Node.js preferred)
Experience with containerization (Docker) and ephemeral environments
Strong understanding of observability (logs, metrics, tracing) applied to test systems
Experience in organizations where testing is decentralized but governed centrally

What we offer you:

😄 An awesome team

🏠 A permanent contract (that can be useful in life)

⚖️Flexible working environment (2 days home office per week + up to 4 total weeks additional flexibility during the summer period and in December to work fully remotely)

💸 Competitive fixed salary and bonus

🍕 Lunch vouchers available for each working day (because yes, we like to try our best restaurants)

🌎 International teams and a multicultural environment spanning 10 offices across Europe

🤝 Highly inclusive working environment

🤸‍♀️ Lifestyle benefits that can be used to reimburse expenses related to physical and leisure activities, family support, travel etc

🎓 Continuous learning and development programs

😌 Free access to the Calm app to help you build resilience wherever you are in your mental health journey

🐣Dedicated parental leave and caregiver leave policies (12 weeks fully paid)

🏥Health insurance covered by the company

👶 Financial support for birth, adoption, civil partnerships, or marriage

🚝 Transport allowance

🏥Health insurance fully covered by the company

👩‍🦽 Life & Disability Insurance at no cost to the employee

🍴 Amazing offices with dining, coffee points and leisure area

🎤 Team building events

All hiring happens through our careers site and official email. We do not text or ask for payment during the hiring process. Please report any suspicious messages immediately.

We believe that we are better together, and we welcome you for who you are. We endeavor to ensure that everyone - regardless of ability, age, socio-economic & cultural background, ethnicity, faith, gender, gender expression, gender identity, ideology, national origin, race, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law -has the opportunity to reach their full potential. At TheFork, we want you to bring us your unique perspectives and experiences, so we can collectively continue disrupting the restaurant industry and go from good to great.

TheFork is committed to a fair recruitment process. If you have special needs and require reasonable support during your application, interview, or participation in the selection process due to health conditions or disability, please direct your inquiries to AccessibleRecruitment@TheFork.com. Our HR team will review the request and respond accordingly.

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