Marketing Technology & Automation - Lead Experimentation Engineer

London, UK (Hybrid)

£50K/yr – £55K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 5 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end website experimentation with front-end control, delivering production-ready A/B tests and scalable experiences while maintaining QA across browsers and guiding the team on technical standards.

  • Own experimentation execution: build, deploy, QA, and scale front-end tests across devices and browsers
  • Own collaboration and governance: act as the technical authority and align with stakeholders on test plans and outcomes
  • Own impact and quality: ensure test designs drive conversion and revenue with disciplined engineering and mentorship

Job Description

  • Own the build and deployment of website experiments using HTML, CSS and JavaScript
  • Translate test plans and designs into robust, production ready A/B tests
  • Leverage experimentation platforms to deliver high-impact front-end experiences at scale
  • Act as the technical authority for experimentation across the team
  • Apply a customer first mindset while improving conversion and performance
  • Ensure thorough QA across browsers and devices to ensure high-quality delivery
  • Set engineering standards and review experimentation code to ensure quality and scalability
  • Collaborate closely with technical and nontechnical stakeholders
  • Guide and mentor engineers working on experimentation
  • Proven front-end engineering experience (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
  • Experience building experiments in an experimentation platform such as Adobe Target or similar.
  • Strong QA discipline and attention to detail
  • Confidence communicating with stakeholders - this role is not “code only”
  • Curiosity, problem-solving and a desire to see your work make a real impact
  • A strong commercial mindset, with a clear understanding of how experimentation drives revenue, conversion and customer value.
  • Experience implementing marketing tagging with Adobe Launch, Google Tag Manager or similar
  • Experience with analytics like Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics or similar
  • Experience with UX design
  • health
  • up to 10% matched pension
  • bens
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Whitbread

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Whitbread PLC is the owner of the UK’s favourite hotel chain, Premier Inn, as well as restaurant brands, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Table Table, Bar + Block and Cookhouse and Pub.Whitbread employs more than 35,000 people in more than 1,200 Premier Inn hotels and restaurants across the UK and Germany, serving over five million customers every month. At Whitbread we are committed to being a force for good in the communities in which we operate. Our Sustainability programme, ‘Force for Good’ is focused on enabling people to live and work well and is built around three pillars of Opportunity, Community and Responsibility.Whitbread PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100. It is also a member of the FTSE4Good Index.

Houghton Regis, England, GBR
14K employees
54% recommend to a friend
46% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
103.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
40%
Direct
21.2%
Referral
14.2%
Social
20%
Paid
3.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~14.1K

Marketing Team

Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Funding

Total Funding
$188.9M
Last Raise
$188.9M
Post IPO Equity, 6 months ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2025
    Post IPO Equity
  • Oct 2022
    Post IPO Equity • $188.9M

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