Automation Tester – Web & Mobile Job Birmingham area,England UK,IT/Tech

Digital Automation Test Analyst 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 Dev Ops 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 technologie
s.
Implement and maintain mobile automation frameworks with Appium (or equivalent) + C#
Ensure automated tests are integrated into CI/CD pipelines (
Azure Dev Ops 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:

Appium or equivalent (mobile automation – must-have)
Proficiency in C#for writing automated tests.
Reqnroll, Selenium (For mobile web), Rest Sharp
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