Test Engineer

BELONG – There’s no place like Principality 

At Principality, belonging isn’t just a value — it’s how we work every day. As a colleague, you’re already part of a supportive and inclusive community where your wellbeing, individuality, and life outside of work are genuinely respected. This internal opportunity is a chance to continue your journey with us, build on your experience, and grow your career within Principality. 

We know that great work happens when people feel connected — to each other, to our purpose, and to the communities we serve. That’s why we focus on balance, invest in wellbeing, and encourage continuous learning and development across the organisation. 

Why consider this opportunity? 

This role offers an opportunity to further develop your skills and make a meaningful contribution within Principality, while continuing to benefit from the culture and ways of working you already know: 

These achievements are built by our people and reflect our shared commitment to supporting one another and delivering for our members. When it comes to belonging, there truly is no place like Principality — and this role is an opportunity to continue growing as part of it. 

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Test Engineer to join our teams in the Change Function and work as part of the QA Community within Principality Building Society.

Being part of a delivery team, as a Test Engineer you will be responsible for testing activities within the software development lifecycle. More specifically in the engineering role, test automation, non-functional testing and automated regression testing during the pre-release lifecycle play a key part.

For this role we are particularly interested in advanced Load and Performance Testing skills as there will be opportunity in contributing and delivering Continuous Improvements to increase effectiveness and efficiency of the wider QA capability and the Team’s ways of working.

Key Responsibilities for Automation Test Analysis, Planning & Execution

• Design, build and deploy effective automated tests for pipeline execution, including advanced non-functional test automation solutions
• Apply appropriate automation technologies to meet the short- and long-term goals of the organisation
• Enhance UI and API test frameworks and develop consistent automated scripts
• Plan testing accurately and collaborate with team members for improved work flow
• Report and verify software bug fixes to meet quality standards

Key Responsibilities for Quality Assurance Oversight & Control

• Define Test Plans in line with our Test Strategy
• Manage delivery in line with our Quality Standards
• Design and execute exploratory test scripts
• Effectively utilise relevant testing tools to achieve a wide coverage of functional and non-functional tests (eg Blazemeter, JMeter, Playwright, BrowserStack, etc)
• Facilitate and communicate progress updates and quality metrics to multiple audiences to support and enable key decisions
• Identify, Analyse and Mitigate risks to quality and program/project delivery

Essential Criteria for the role

• Hands-on experience of building functional and non-functional Automated Test Frameworks using automation tools
• Experience in training and coaching team members in testing methodologies
• In-depth proven working knowledge of UI, API and Integration test automation concepts and principles
• Good knowledge of CI/CD and Azure Devops Pipelines
• An excellent ability to grasp new strategies, tactics and technical issues quickly
• Strong analytical and communication skills, coupled with the ability to rapidly assimilate knowledge and business process
• Strong appreciation of Agile software delivery methodologies
• Ability to manage own workload and work on a diverse range of projects often to tight time scales

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of applications. 

If you have any questions in relation to this role, please contact the recruitment team at -recruitment@principality.co.uk