Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer – AI Platform Team (Hybrid)

Do you want to have the Opportunity to learn and grow on a modern AI-driven platform used across many products?

Do you want to contribute meaningfully to automated API test coverage for key platform services?

About the team

The AI Platform team builds shared AI services used across many products. Our goal is to help product teams use AI safely, reliably, and efficiently—without having to rebuild core systems themselves. We focus on reusable, secure, and well‑observed services that support teams at scale.

About the role

We are looking for a Quality Engineer to help build quality into our AI platform from the start. This is an automation‑first role focused on API and service‑level testing. You will work closely with engineers, product managers, and quality peers to ensure our services are reliable, scalable, and safe to use. This role is well suited to someone who enjoys learning, collaborating, and growing their technical skills in a supportive team environment.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain automated tests for APIs and backend services (for example, using Karate or Cucumber)
• Write clear, reliable tests that give fast feedback to the team
• Test core functionality, error handling, and expected service behaviour
• Collaborate early with engineers to understand requirements and edge cases
• Support automated testing in CI/CD pipelines
• Help identify quality risks and improve test coverage
• Contribute to incident reviews by strengthening tests to prevent repeat issues
• Learn and apply modern quality engineering practices in a platform environment

Requirements:

• Experience in software testing or quality engineering (typically 2–4 years, or equivalent practical experience)
• Experience with test automation, especially for APIs or backend services
• Familiarity with tools such as Karate, Cucumber, or similar frameworks
• Basic understanding of REST APIs and data formats
• Some experience working with CI/CD pipelines
• Comfortable working in Agile teams and collaborating with others
• Interest in taking ownership and continuously improving quality

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
• Life assurance
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
• Save As You Earn share option scheme
• Travel Season ticket loan
• Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
• Access to extensive learning and development resources
• Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

About the Business:

Elsevier is a global information analytics company specializing in science and health. For over 140 years we’ve partnered with the scientific and medical communities to advance knowledge, improve outcomes, and foster innovation. Our content and technology help researchers, educators, and healthcare professionals in over 170 countries make critical decisions with confidence. Elsevier is part of RELX, a top 10 FTSE 100 company and global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools