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Openr

Openr

Software Engineering, Quality Assurance
London, UK
Posted on Feb 23, 2026

Location

London

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Engineering

Openr is transforming how the hospitality industry manages and shares data. By centralising recipe, product, and pricing information, we help hospitality businesses seamlessly connect to platforms like Deliveroo and Just Eat, as well as EPOS and other customer touch points.

We've recently closed a significant funding round and are backed by Azzurri Group, one of the UK's most successful hospitality investment platforms. With strong market traction, we're now looking for a QA Engineer.

Role Overview

We are seeking a technical QA Engineer to join our high-performing Engineering Team. This is a hands-on role where you will initially focus on manual testing to stabilize our current systems, while simultaneously defining and building our long-term automated testing roadmap. You will be the primary authority on quality, choosing the right technologies and building out a robust regression test pack from the ground up.

Technical Environment

  • Testing Framework: Cypress (primary)

  • Frontend: TypeScript, React, React Query

  • Backend: AWS Lambda, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, SQL

  • AWS cloud infrastructure

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to define comprehensive test strategies and clear acceptance criteria.

  • Design, develop, and maintain robust test automation frameworks and infrastructure, primarily using Cypress and TypeScript.

  • Perform rigorous manual and exploratory testing to identify bottlenecks and stabilize the existing system.

  • Architect automated test suites across multiple projects to validate functionality and ensure extensive regression coverage.

  • Lead automation efforts while performing high-value manual testing when required.

  • Monitor and investigate test failures, performing triage and raising clear, actionable bugs to resolve bottlenecks.

  • Drive the evolution of testing tools, processes, and team best practices to maintain high-quality delivery standards.

Required Skills & Experience

  • Strong hands-on coding abilities in TypeScript and building automation suites with Cypress

  • Track record of stabilising complex systems through manual, regression and exploratory testing

  • Strong skills in SQL and database management

  • Experience with Serverless architectures and AWS

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

  • A self-starter who can work independently

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in SaaS or integration-heavy platforms

  • Knowledge of event-driven architectures

  • Background in scaling SaaS products

  • Understanding of security best practices

What We Offer

  • Opportunity to shape the technical direction of a growing SaaS platform

  • No out-of-hours support requirements

  • Direct input into architectural decisions

  • Collaborative engineering culture

  • Work with modern cloud-native technologies

Location & Work Arrangement

  • Based in Farringdon, Central London

  • Hybrid working policy

  • 2 days per week in our office (Tues & Thurs)