Senior Quality Test Engineer

About Us

Foodhub currently has 30,000+ restaurant, takeaway, stadia, hotel and bar clients in the UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Nigeria, Grenada and ANZ. Today, Foodhub powers the technology behind many different QSR's, stadia and venue, online order, delivery and POS businesses, giving them a multi-solution tech stack to drive their business forward and open new revenue streams.

From the moment a consumer is thinking of placing an order, to the time the order arrives at their door and a review is posted to social media, Foodhub has solutions to drive the consumer experience, whilst adding extra value via our ecosystem of partners. The Foodhub Tech Stack is extensive: from Web and Mobile Ordering to 3rd Party Order Aggregation, Dispatch and Self-Delivery, complete Hardware/Software POS systems, extensive array of POS integrations, On-Premise Kiosks, QR Code Ordering and Payment, Table-side Mobile Order/Receipt Printers, plus an extensive product and development team to support all of this.

Senior Engineering Leader – Quality (QA Ownership)

Department: Engineering / Technology

Reports to: Director of Engineering

Scope: 250 engineers across multiple teams

Role Overview

This role is for a Senior Engineering - Leader who owns Quality across a large engineering organization. You are not running a traditional QA function—you are responsible for embedding quality into how 250 engineers build, test, and ship software.

You will drive an automation-first, AI-enabled quality strategy, ensuring teams own quality end-to-end while maintaining a high bar for reliability, performance, and customer experience.

You are expected to challenge engineers, product managers, and senior stakeholders when quality is at risk. You do not trade quality for speed—you enable both.

You are expected to be on the tools and lead by example!

What You'll Own

Quality as an Engineering Discipline

• Make quality a core engineering responsibility, not a downstream QA activity
• Embed testing into design, development, and deployment workflows
• Drive a strong shift-left culture across all teams
• Define what good quality looks like and ensure it is consistently met
  
  

Automation & AI-Driven Testing

• Establish automation as the default across all layers (unit, API, integration, E2E)
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted testing (test generation, flakiness detection, intelligent coverage)
• Ensure all tests are integrated into CI/CD pipelines with fast feedback loops
• Continuously improve coverage, reliability, and execution speed at scale
  
  

Engineering Leadership & Standards

• Set and enforce quality standards, test strategies, and release criteria
• Define and track key metrics (defect leakage, coverage, MTTR, pipeline health)
• Own quality gates and block releases when standards are not met
• Lead root cause analysis and systemic improvements
  
  

Influencing & Driving Accountability

• Work directly with senior engineers and tech leads to improve quality practices
• Push back on delivery pressure when it compromises quality
• Hold teams accountable for the quality of what they ship
• Partner with Product to ensure clear, testable requirements
  
  

Building Capability (Not Dependency)

• Build and lead a small, high-impact group of SDETs / Quality Engineers where needed
• Focus on enablement, tooling, and frameworks—not manual testing capacity
• Coach teams to own testing independently and quality outcomes
  
  

What Success Looks Like

• Teams fully own quality with minimal reliance on manual QA
• High automation coverage across all critical paths
• Fast, reliable CI/CD pipelines with a strong test signal
• Reduced production defects and faster recovery when issues occur
• Engineers proactively prioritizing quality without external enforcement
  
  

Why This Role Matters

This role is critical to scaling engineering without sacrificing quality. You will shape how hundreds of engineers think about testing, automation, and ownership—moving the organization away from QA as a gate and toward quality as a built-in capability.

Requirements

Requirements

Experience

• 8–12+ years in software engineering, with strong exposure to testing and quality
• Proven experience as an Engineering Manager in a scaling organization
• Track record of improving quality across multiple teams (not just within one team)
• Experience operating in modern Agile / DevOps environments
  
  

Technical Strength

• Strong background in software engineering (not just QA)
• Deep understanding of test strategies across the stack
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and CI/CD systems
• Practical exposure to AI-driven testing tools and approaches
• Familiarity with distributed systems, micro services, and cloud environments
  
  

Leadership & Mindset

• High standards and unwillingness to compromise on quality
• Comfortable saying no to senior engineers and stakeholders when needed
• Lead by example on the tools and grow your own timber with your team
• Strong ownership mindset—you see quality as your responsibility, not someone else's
• Ability to influence without authority across many teams
• Pragmatic and outcome-focused—you balance speed and quality effectively
  
  

Nice to Have

• Experience transforming a QA function into an engineering-led quality model
• Background working in high-growth or scaling tech organizations
• Exposure to performance, security, and reliability engineering practices