Job Description
Contract type: Permanent
Location: London
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 9th July 2026
We have a new opportunity for an experienced QA Engineer to join the RLAM Quality Assurance team. We’re looking for a technically strong individual with 5+ years’ experience in software testing, who can apply structured, risk-based testing approaches across complex systems and applications. The successful candidate will play an important role in improving quality across RLAM’s technology delivery, bringing strong analytical capability, a delivery-focused mindset and the confidence to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. You will work closely with technical and business teams to ensure change is tested effectively, risks are clearly understood, and solutions are delivered in a stable and reliable manner.
About the role
- Test RLAM software products and business applications to confirm they meet agreed requirements, quality standards and production readiness expectations.
- Support the creation, maintenance and improvement of manual and automated test scripts across functional, regression, integration and end-to-end testing.
- Work with delivery teams to understand system changes, technical designs and business processes, ensuring appropriate test coverage is in place.
- Collaborate with developers, business analysts, product owners and other technology teams to embed reliable, risk-based testing practices throughout the delivery lifecycle.
- Create and improve reusable test assets that cover business-critical scenarios and support quality, risk, operational resilience and audit expectations.
- Review business requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria to ensure they are clear, testable and aligned to expected outcomes.
- Support the QA Lead by contributing ideas, feedback and practical improvements to strengthen the team’s QA approach, frameworks and UAT support model.
About you
- A degree or equivalent professional experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Technology, or a related discipline.
- 5+ years’ plus experience in software testing, with strong practical experience of test planning, execution, defect management and automation, working within Agile/Scrum technology delivery teams.
Skills
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret requirements, technical designs and business processes into clear, risk-based test coverage.
- Practical experience with test automation tools and frameworks, creating and maintaining automated tests, ideally with Playwright using Python.
- Strong understanding of software testing principles, quality engineering practices, defect management and test design techniques.
- Comfortable working with technical teams on system integrations, APIs, service behaviour and application workflows.
- Working knowledge of SQL to query, validate and investigate data where needed to support testing activity.
- Confident communicating test progress, risks, defects and quality status within Agile/Scrum delivery teams.
Desirable
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines, including how automated testing supports reliable delivery.
- Experience testing AI-focused deliverables and using AI-enabled tools to augment test design, automation, analysis or overall test delivery.
- Experience working in financial services or another regulated environment, with an understanding of audit, risk and governance expectations.
About Royal London Asset Management
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM), part of the Royal London Group, is one of the UK's leading fund management companies working with a wide range of clients across the globe to achieve their investment goals. Our long-term, client-driven focus means that we have a long-standing commitment to responsible investment. We act as responsible stewards of our clients’ capital, exercising their rights and influencing positive change.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance.
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Royal London is a purpose-driven mutual. Our Purpose, ‘Protecting today, investing in tomorrow. Together we are mutually responsible’, defines the impact we want to have. It shapes what we do on behalf of our members and customers, financial advisers, our colleagues and the communities in which we operate. Our People Promise is our collective commitment that our workplace will be inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling where all colleagues can thrive and experience a sense of belonging. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
Our inclusive values and people promise are core to who we are and how we work. It’s good for our people, and good for our customers too, because with an inclusive workplace and a diverse workforce we will reflect our members, customers and communities to deliver the best outcomes.
We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across our organisation. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected– whatever their background.
Workplace Initiatives
Program for parents returning to work after Parental Leave? |
No |
Leadership development programmes? |
Yes |
Mentoring programmes? |
Yes |
Coaching programmes? |
Yes |
Employee-led diversity networks? |
Yes |
Internal women’s networking groups? |
Yes |
Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? |
Yes |
No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: |
26 weeks (followed by 13 weeks half pay) |
Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: |
Open to all regardless of length of service |
No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: |
4 weeks |
Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: |
Open to all regardless of length of service |
Gender pay gap reporting information 2022: |
|
Mean pay gap: |
35.3% |
Median pay gap: |
33.9% |
Mean bonus gap: |
70.4% |
Median bonus gap: |
48.5% |
Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? |
No |
Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? |
No |
Graduate Programmes
We have a number of graduate programmes designed to deliver technical experts and future leaders.
Royal London Career Confidence programme
Our hybrid programme focuses on equipping you to feel empowered in your career and supported to explore new opportunities as they arise.
Apprenticeships
We offer a wide range of Apprenticeships that are targeted at both new joiners and existing colleagues.
Inclusion
We promote an inclusive culture at Royal London and have a range of inclusion networks for our colleagues to get involved with.
Our Women's Network is a community that celebrates and supports its members, helps everyone to learn more and inspires all of us to aim higher. Confidence and development are strong themes here and our events focus on three key areas of team working, finance, and wellbeing. There are two sub-groups to the Women’s Network – Women in Technology and our Periods and Menopause Group – focused on actions such as supporting over 20 new Periods and Menopause champions and launching guidance and training for leaders.