Automation Test Engineer (Playwright & API) – Hybrid

Monmouthshire Building Society; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private healthcare

Generous pension scheme

Life insurance

Critical illness cover

Job summary

Monmouthshire Building Society is seeking an Automation Test Analyst for our Newport Head Office with hybrid working to Cardiff and Newport. You will design, develop and maintain automated tests to support safe releases and robust regression coverage.

You will use Playwright for end-to-end automation, with Postman for API validation, and contribute to building a modern automated testing capability across digital delivery projects. Our team values collaboration and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experienced in automated testing with hands-on Playwright.
• Confident using Postman for API testing.
• Analytical, detail-focused and able to investigate issues methodically.
• Able to create clear test evidence, document outcomes and communicate defects effectively.
• Collaborative and comfortable working with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Interested in continuous improvement and building a modern automated testing capability.
• Able to balance speed, quality, maintainability and control when creating automated tests.
• Organised, self-motivated and able to work within agreed priorities and delivery timelines.
• Ideally experienced in financial services, regulated environments or digital transformation projects.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, execute and maintain robust automated tests that support QA and release objectives.
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks, scripts and supporting utilities.
• Evaluate, adopt and support testing tools and approaches to improve automation capability.
• Work with Test Analysts to identify repeatable test scenarios for automation.
• Support functional, integration, regression and user acceptance testing where manual testing is required.
• Investigate automation failures and distinguish product defects, script issues, and environment constraints.
• Raise defects with clear evidence and retest fixes.
• Maintain automated regression packs after releases and changes.
• Create documentation for automation setup, execution and limitations.
• Contribute to automation standards, naming conventions and reusable components.
• Provide regular updates on automation progress and outcomes.
• Help embed a positive automation culture across the Society.

Skills

Automated testing

Playwright

Postman

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Continuous improvement

Tools

Playwright

Postman

Job description

Monmouthshire Building Society is seeking an Automation Test Analyst for our Newport Head Office with hybrid working to Cardiff and Newport. You will design, develop and maintain automated tests to support safe releases and robust regression coverage.

You will use Playwright for end-to-end automation, with Postman for API validation, and contribute to building a modern automated testing capability across digital delivery projects. Our team values collaboration and continuous improvement.