DevOps and QA Automation Expert

About the role

Nestle Nespresso is looking for a DevOps and QA Automation Expert to join its Digital and Tech team in Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona. The role provides Quality Engineering technical direction within the DevSecOps operating model, embedding quality controls, automated validation, traceability and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines. It is a strategic technical enablement role, not owning product delivery, release management or final quality approval. The position is permanent and hybrid, with fluent business English required.

Key responsibilities

• Integrate Quality Engineering requirements, automated testing, traceability and quality controls into CI/CD pipeline architectures.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Product Development teams on pipeline architecture, quality gates and test execution.
• Advise on Git workflows, branching strategies, pull-request controls and continuous integration.
• Promote contract testing and validation approaches for composable, microservices, API-led, event-driven and distributed architectures.
• Help build reusable pipeline components, automation integrations, templates and engineering guardrails.
• Enable teams to adopt automation-first, shift-left and risk-based validation with less reliance on central support.
• Evaluate emerging DevSecOps, automation, observability and AI-assisted engineering capabilities.

Required profile

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Quality Engineering, software engineering, test automation, platform engineering or related fields, including setting technical direction.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, contract testing and quality gates.
• Experience working with DevOps, Platform, QE, Product, Engineering, Security and Architecture stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics or a related field is advantageous.

Required skills

• CI/CD pipeline architecture and automated validation integration
• Git workflows, branching strategies, pull-request controls and code review
• Contract testing and validation of APIs, events, integrations and data flows
• Automation-first, shift-left and risk-based validation
• Extra: policy-as-code, observability (logs, metrics, traces, telemetry) and responsible AI-assisted engineering

What we offer

• Flexible work policies, including core hours and remote work options
• Ongoing training and career development
• Modern smart office locations
• International, inclusive environment and additional benefits
• The chance to work for a B Corp certified company