Test Automation Engineer

Company Description

Shawbrook is a specialist bank driven by a purpose to power up ingenuity to create opportunity, every single day.

We offer a diverse range of savings and loan products. From personal and business savings accounts and loans for wedding and new cars, to complex financial credit facilities for businesses requiring significant investment and mortgages for landlords with multiple properties – no two customers are ever the same.

We give our customers the best-of-both worlds; uniquely combining strong digital capabilities with human expertise and ingenuity to deliver the best outcomes. We rise to the challenge of a complex case or unconventional circumstances, and we love to make things happen. By being creative, practical, and personal, we know we can always find the right solution for our customers.

If you’re willing to roll up your sleeves, contribute new ideas and believe anything is possible, you’re our kind of person

Work with us because you:

• Want to be part of a bank built for the dynamics of the modern world
• Relish a challenge and enjoy a fast-paced, innovative, and hardworking culture
• Enjoy finding new and better ways to solve complexity and make things happen
• Want to belong to a diverse culture that stands shoulder to shoulder with minority and underrepresented groups
• Care about society and the environment and want to be part of a business that cares too
• Want to continue to grow professionally and be the best version of yourself

Job Description

As a Test Engineer, you will join our product team to deliver continuous system improvements, new features, enhancements, and functionality using Agile methodologies. You will ensure that quality standards are met and maintain a product delivery-focused approach throughout.

You will collaborate with the QA team to create automated tests that ensure software quality, participate in understanding business requirements during Agile ceremonies (including backlog refinement sessions), and take ownership of implementing optimal solutions. These solutions will consider non-functional requirements such as performance and security. You will also work closely with the support team to assist with deployments and monitor production services. Additionally, you will be responsible for documenting system amendments and enhancements in code comments and our online documentation system.

This role requires balancing multiple responsibilities across various project facets while engaging with IT management, development teams, technical delivery teams, and vendors to ensure the successful design, development, and delivery of technology-based solutions.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Appium, or similar frameworks.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, performance, and security testing across multiple systems and platforms.
• Identify and document detailed test scenarios, ensuring coverage of all business and technical requirements.
• Develop, maintain, and execute test plans and test cases to validate software quality.
• Collaborate with developers to debug issues and improve system functionality during the development lifecycle.
• Perform root cause analysis for defects and ensure efficient resolution in coordination with the development team.
• Build and maintain a robust test automation framework to ensure efficient and scalable automated testing processes.
• Monitor and analyse test results to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for improvement.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience (typically 4+ years) in designing and building complex, end-to-end software systems successfully delivered to production.
• Broad experience in designing, programming, and implementing large-scale information systems.
• Proficiency in Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Appium, Postman, or similar frameworks and tools for test automation and API testing.
• Expertise in at least one programming language, such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, or similar, with strong object-oriented design knowledge.
• Having experience in AI-driven testing is a significant bonus.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Experience mentoring and coaching team members.

Additional Information

Your Wellbeing - We take your health and well-being very seriously by providing a range of benefits to give you and your family peace of mind. These include:

• Market leading family friendly policies such as access to our Maternity, Adoption and Paternity policies from Day 1 of your employment
• Free access to Headspace, a mindfulness & meditation digital health app
• Free access to Peppy digital health app that offers personalised support through fertility treatment becoming a parent or menopause
• EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) - Offering you support on a wide range of subjects including financial concerns, mental wellbeing and more general queries around family, work, housing, and health
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on gym membership
• Contributory pension scheme & death in service

Your Lifestyle - It’s important you strike the right balance between your work and personal life. We provide benefits to support you when at work and when you’re enjoying your leisure time.

• Minimum of 27 days holiday per year
• Option to buy or sell holiday days through our flexi-holiday scheme
• Discounts on gym membership nationwide
• Access to discounts on a range of high street and online brands
• Community support and charitable giving

Your Contribution - We’re focused on rewarding those that go the extra mile in helping us achieve our goals.

• Participation in our annual discretionary bonus scheme designed to reward your contribution to our success
• Proudly Shawbrook recognition scheme focused on recognising our role models and thanking our colleagues for a job well done