Join us as a Quality Analyst
- If you have a keen eye for detail, then this could be the role for you as you make sure that only well designed and built work packages get through quality testing
- You’ll be the quality conscience of the team, assisting them to write and maintain automated tests as a standard way of working
- Joining us in this fast paced role, you'll have excellent opportunities for progression and developing your analyst capabilities
- We're offering this role at associate level
As a Quality Analyst, you’ll be assisting the feature team to define testable work that is technically robust, high performing, stable and secure and ensures excellent customer experiences and outcomes. Promoting continuous improvement, you’ll identify opportunities to maximise the customer experience and reduce the test cycle time by improving techniques, tooling, eliminating waste and creating a collaborative, proactive approach to quality in the feature team.
As well as this, you’ll be:
- Supporting the Quality Manager and the team in executing against the test strategy and quality by determining and advising which tests should be automated at which layer
- Making sure that test plans are adequately covered by test scenarios
- Creating different test and automation suites, such as smoke tests, full regression and progression tests, and end-to-end system regression tests
- Analysing the results of automated tests
- Providing data to the business and the team that focuses on quality and quality improvement
We’re looking for someone with an extensive understanding of all stages of the product or service life cycle. You'll need at least six years of experience in delivering functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing while driving comprehensive test planning, defect management, and release validation activities. You'll need experience in building and maintaining Playwright-based automation frameworks, leveraging programming and scripting languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, or TypeScript.
You'll need experience working with version control systems like Git is essential, along with working collaboratively within Agile delivery teams to ensure high-quality engineering outcomes. You are expected to demonstrate an automation-first mindset, continuously improving testing processes and frameworks to enhance overall product quality and efficiency.
We’ll also expect:
- Experience of testing ideas, products, designs, planning and execution
- Experience in functional and non-functional testing such as system, system integration, user, load, volume, stress, security, accessibility, compatibility, penetration and back-out
- Demonstrable knowledge of Agile methodologies with experience of working in an Agile team
- A very capable communicator with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to your peers and management level colleagues
- Good collaboration and stakeholder management skills
Hours
45Job Posting Closing Date:
29/06/2026Skills Required
- Minimum six years delivering functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing, including test planning and release validation.
- Experience building and maintaining Playwright-based automation frameworks.
- Proficiency with programming/scripting languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, or TypeScript.
- Experience using version control systems like Git.
- Demonstrable knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in Agile delivery teams.
- Experience across functional and non-functional testing (system, integration, user, load, volume, stress, security, accessibility, compatibility, penetration, back-out).
- Automation-first mindset with continuous improvement of testing processes and frameworks.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
NatWest Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible ValueAccount structure with pension and benefit funding allows tailoring of health, protection, lifestyle, and savings options, with unused amounts typically paid as cash. This flexibility supports personalisation of coverage, particularly in Great Britain where the framework is most detailed.
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Retirement Support — Employer-funded pension contributions are provided on top of salary in Great Britain, alongside automatic retirement enrollment and share/save programs. This creates structured long‑term wealth support as part of total reward.
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Parental & Family Support — UK policies outline extended maternity, adoption and equal partner leave on full pay with a phased return, plus paid neonatal care leave. These provisions are positioned as market‑leading and complement broader flexibility resources.
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