Quality Assurance Engineer na Schroders Personal Wealth

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Closing Date

04/10/2025

Schroders Personal Wealth aims to improve the way financial advice is offered, by making it more affordable, accessible and powerful for more people. We want to change lives for the better.

As a Quality Assurance (QA) professional, you’ll play a key role in ensuring we deliver high-quality software solutions that meet the needs of our diverse customer base. You’ll be responsible for carrying out thorough testing and collaborating closely with project teams and developers to achieve successful outcomes. Your contributions will help shape reliable, user-friendly products that make a real difference.

Type | Fixed Term Contract until 31/12/2026

Location | National

Salary | £34,297 - £37,726

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll contribute to the quality and reliability of our software solutions through a range of testing and quality assurance activities. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

Software Testing & Automation

• Assess and recommend technologies, frameworks, and tools that support modern, inclusive software development practices.

• Design, set up, and execute both automated and manual tests for internally developed and third-party solutions.

• Communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, both technical and non-technical.

• Collaborate closely with development and project teams to identify, report, and help resolve bugs and defects.

Software Test Strategy

• Recommend appropriate tools and approaches to enhance software testing processes.

• Partner with senior team members to drive improvements across the QA lifecycle.

• Execute automated and manual tests across relevant environments to ensure consistent performance.

• Develop and maintain automated regression test packs to support ongoing quality assurance.

Quality Control

• Create and maintain clear, comprehensive test plans that cover all critical areas of the platform.

• Ensure release and operations teams are informed of known issues, bugs, and any applicable workarounds.

• Provide timely updates and reports on testing progress and outcomes to project stakeholders.

Qualifications & Skills (Examples)

• 2+ years in a Quality Assurance role.

• A basic understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), QA frameworks, automated and manual testing.

• Some experience with of test tooling

• Good problem solving skills and attention to detail.

• Some experience or understanding of distributed version control systems like Git.

• Good communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, prioritise tasks, manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines.

• Good problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing technical challenges.

• You are happy working in an Agile delivery environment, interacting directly with other team members and stakeholders on a daily basis.

• Eagerness to learn new skills and technologies

We understand not everyone will meet 100% of the requirements, however we encourage you to apply if you think your skills are a good fit for this role.

This job vacancy may close earlier than the advertised date if a suitable candidate is found. We encourage interested applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible.

Some fantastic benefits SPW colleagues enjoy:

• Generous Holiday Entitlement: 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell 5 days.

• Health & Wellbeing: Company-paid Private Medical Insurance, Life Insurance, and Health Screening.

• Company Pension Contribution: A matched pension contribution of up to 15% of your base pay.

• Cash Allowance: Flexible allowance to spend on additional benefits personal to you, including: dental cover, paid sabbatical leave, gym membership, menopause support.

• Bonus Opportunity: Dependent on individual/company performance (eligible after 3 months’ service)

• Financial Advice: Access to free financial advice to help secure your financial future.

To find out more, please visit https://www.spw.com/careers-at-spw/rewards-and-benefits

We support flexible working:

At SPW, we know how important it is to be able to achieve a balance. We want to support your lifestyle as well as meeting our business needs, so will always aim to be flexible.  As well as traditional working patterns, we have colleagues who work informal flexible hours, reduced working hours, and have job-sharing arrangements. Many colleagues work from home, or in a hybrid way.  

Ready to restart your career? 

We warmly welcome applications from those returning to work after a period of leave, providing appropriate support and training where required.

You belong here:

At SPW, we embrace individuality and diversity of identity, experience, and thought. We actively strive for inclusive behaviours and actions, making appropriate adjustments for disabilities, health conditions and neurodiversities. We ensure equal opportunities for all and transparently report on gender pay to promote fairness.

Schroders Personal Wealth operates under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime as a solo-regulated firm and if this role is classed as a Certified Role under that regime you will be subject to enhanced vetting and will have a number of additional conduct and regulatory duties to adhere to, as well as certifying at least annually that you are fit and proper to perform this role.

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