Automation Tester – Web & Mobile - #2193294

Join our award-winning Technology team as a Digital Automation Test Analyst on a permanent basis and play a key role in transforming how quality is delivered across Mitchells & Butlers' digital platforms.

As we continue to evolve our web, mobile and API capabilities, we're looking for an automation-first testing specialist who is passionate about building scalable test frameworks, reducing manual effort, and driving faster, more reliable releases.

Reporting to the Test Scrum Master, you'll help shape and expand our automation capability across customer-facing digital products. You'll design, develop and maintain automated test solutions that support our DevOps culture, improve deployment confidence, and ensure exceptional experiences for millions of guests interacting with our brands every year.

Based at our Birmingham Head Office, this role offers a flexible hybrid working approach, giving you the best of collaboration and flexibility.

You’ll be rewarded with:

• 33% discount across all M&B brands.
• 20% Friends & Family discount for up to five people.
• Annual bonus scheme.
• Option to buy up to two additional weeks of holiday.
• Matched pension contributions (up to 1.5x your contribution).
• Private healthcare and dental plan.
• Cycle to Work and wellbeing schemes.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Hybrid working and flexible approach.
  
  
  

What you’ll be doing in this Digital Automation Test Analyst role

• Working with the Digital Test Team in building and maintaining of automation test packs in line with Mitchells & Butlers Testing Policies and Processes and in accordance with the Testing Schedules as directed by the Scrum Master.
• Fully understanding and complying with the Mitchells & Butlers Testing Methodology and Processes with the focus on Automated Testing practices including Defect Management working within a Dev Ops culture
• Responsible for ensuring test packs in particular Regression is maintained and updated to capture new or changes to existing functionality.
• Design, build, and maintain automated test suites for: RESTful APIs, Backend services, microservices, Frontend and Mobile applications (iOS & Android) using Appium or equivalent
• Develop reusable and scalable test frameworks using C# and Microsoft-aligned technologies.
• Implement and maintain mobile automation frameworks with Appium (or equivalent) + C#
• Ensure automated tests are integrated into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps Pipelines)
• Validate mobile app behaviour across real devices and emulators
• Collaborate with developers to improve testability and mobile quality strategy
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing across web, API, and mobile layers
• Validate end-to-end flows across channels
• Execute mobile-specific validations (Flows, device compatibility, performance)
• Support performance, load, and security testing activities where required
• Ability and willingness to adopt new practices and learn new skills and guide less experienced team members and vendor teams
• Strong communication skills across various teams including stakeholders
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail
• Comfortable working in fast-paced Agile/Scrum environments
  
  
  

What you’ll need to bring to this Digital Automation Test Analyst role

• Thorough and demonstrable understanding of structured test methods and processes as part of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and proven experience with Practices such as BDD, TDD
• Proven strong experience in testing APIs, mobile web and native apps within complex technology environment
• Hands-on automation experience with:

1. Appium or equivalent (mobile automation – must-have)
2. Proficiency in C# for writing automated tests.
3. Reqnroll, Selenium (For mobile web), RestSharp
4. Postman / Newman
5. Experience building API + mobile + web automation frameworks
6. Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred)

• Strong understanding of:

1. REST APIs
2. JSON / XML
3. Mobile automation concepts (Appium architecture (or equivalent tool)), locators, gestures
4. NoSQL and data validation

• Familiarity with secure testing practices
• Exposure to multi-channel systems (API + Web + Mobile) is a strong advantage
• Experience in Retail is preferred
• Minimum of 5 years work experience in test automation is essential
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Certificate on C# is desirable
• ISTQB Qualification
• Degree or higher in IT/Computer Science

What makes Mitchells & Butlers a great place to work?

At M&B we value the unique perspectives each person brings. We believe that by fostering a culture of inclusion, respect, and allyship, we create a sense of belonging, engagement and teamwork which are essential to delivering great guest experiences.

Join us and be a part of a great team!