About Auto Trader You’ve probably heard of Autotrader, but do you know what we’re all about? We’re the UK’s leading automotive marketplace, a heritage brand, and a tech darling of the stock market. We bring together vehicle buyers and sellers to give them real choices. Cars may be what we're best known for but we’re also the place for pretty much everything else on wheels, from e-bikes to caravans. In the automotive world, change is a constant, that’s why we take our job of untangling the complex car-buying journey very seriously. At our core, we’re all about people. We go our own way while embracing diversity and celebrating our differences. We dedicate ourselves to the idea that we work better together. Auto Trader is a beautiful, surprising and vibrant place to work. We might not be for everyone, but we could be perfect for you. About the role We're looking for a Test Analyst to help us enhance the consumer experience for millions of visitors to the UK's leading automotive marketplace. This role is predominantly focused on manual testing, ensuring the quality and reliability of our finance products through hands-on, exploratory, and structured testing approaches. While manual testing will be your main focus, there's plenty of scope to shape and advance our automation efforts, from identifying opportunities to automate high-value scenarios, to collaborating closely with our wider test teams who are building out automation frameworks. You'll work in cross-functional workstreams alongside developers, business analysts and product leads, contributing to insight-driven, market-leading digital products and services. Our finance teams build and maintain a suite of applications, backed by a collection of automated tests. You'll help ensure these tests are robust, relevant, and embedded into our delivery pipelines. We also value continuous improvement and knowledge sharing, you'll be encouraged to promote good testing practices, contribute to process enhancements, and take part in regular showcases and feedback sessions with the wider engineering community. What we’re looking for Experience with manual API testing Experience working with external third parties A good working knowledge of software development Understanding of Continuous Delivery/Deployment processes and how test automation fits into this Experience collaborating with Developers to shape the test pyramid A genuine enthusiasm for working within cross-functional teams Agile experience and a clear understanding of how quality fits into the methodology Curiosity and critical thinking about the way we work, the features we're building and the technologies we're using Drive to influence and enhance testing and software engineering best practices Exposure to non-functional testing such as performance and accessibility Understanding of Git or similar version control systems Nice to have Experience in back end automation tools Benefits and more We’re offering a salary of £35,000 – £55,000, plus an additional 10% of your salary awarded to you in shares each year. These awarded shares will become yours in yearly instalments over the next three years, and you can choose to either sell them or keep them as shares. And you'll receive 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays and comprehensive private medical cover. That’s not all. We have employee pension contributions up to 7%, enhanced family leave provisions, a car salary sacrifice scheme, share-save options, and much more. We always want to give you the support you need and help prioritise your wellbeing, that’s why we provide access to 24/7 online GP and dentist, as well as specialist support for assisted fertility, gender dysphoria, menopause, period care plans and lots more. On top of all that, our hybrid model, Connected Working, combines the best of both worlds – office and home working. You’ll have two fixed weekly office days for team collaboration and one more of your choice to suit your work-life balance. Additionally, we have our remote-first periods at set times during summer and winter. During these periods, you can work remotely anywhere in the UK and from certain locations abroad LI-CI1 LI-Hybrid