Test Engineer in Bradford

Build confidence into the connected technology powering the next chapter of Vanquis. We’re strengthening how quality is engineered across Salesforce, MuleSoft and enterprise data as Vanquis moves from major transformation towards sustainable delivery at scale. As a Test Engineer, you’ll turn complex change into clear evidence that customer and colleague journeys are ready to go live. You’ll combine hands-on exploratory and integration testing with purposeful automation, helping teams identify risk earlier, reduce manual effort and deliver with a more predictable cadence. This is an opportunity to work close to the detail while influencing how quality is built into delivery. Your insight will reach Product, Engineering, Data, Operations and release stakeholders, giving you visible ownership of outcomes that matter in a regulated bank.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Shape risk-based testing from refinement onwards, turning requirements and designs into clear, traceable coverage.
• Test customer and colleague journeys across Salesforce, MuleSoft integrations and enterprise data flows.
• Build and maintain reusable Copado Robotic Testing assets for high-value regression scenarios.
• Investigate defects and automation failures using evidence from APIs, messages, databases, logs and platform diagnostics.
• Bring testing insight into Agile planning, refinement and Three Amigos conversations.
• Provide concise evidence on coverage, progress, defects and residual risk.
• Strengthen quality standards through peer review, reusable patterns and pragmatic improvement ideas.
• Support deployment validation and critical releases, including agreed out-of-hours cover where required.

Why this role matters: Technology & Change is a strategic priority for Vanquis. As multiple value streams deliver change across connected platforms, strong end-to-end assurance and scalable automation are essential to maintaining pace without compromising customer outcomes, data protection or governance. The role exists now to help embed Copado-enabled test automation, improve regression coverage and establish stable, repeatable quality practices for the next phase of delivery. You’ll work closely with the Test Lead, Test Manager, Product Owners, Developers, Business Analysts, Data Engineers, Operations, business testers and Environment and Release colleagues. Your evidence will help teams and leaders understand readiness, resolve risk and make well-informed release decisions.

Our Quality Engineering approach:

• Quality from the start: We get involved early, ask thoughtful questions and make quality a shared delivery outcome.
• Automation with purpose: We automate repeatable, business-critical journeys where it improves speed, coverage and confidence.
• Evidence-led decisions: We use clear, auditable evidence to explain quality, trade-offs and residual risk.
• Shared ownership: We work across Engineering, Product, Data, Operations and business teams to solve problems together.
• Curiosity and constructive challenge: We stay close to the detail, explore root causes and ask why when something can be better.
• Learning and resilience: We share knowledge, support one another and keep improving through complex change.

Essential experience:

• Hands-on testing experience across integrated enterprise applications, covering planning, estimation, execution, defect management and reporting.
• Practical Salesforce testing experience across configuration, customisation, security, data, APIs and integrations.
• Experience testing APIs and integrated services, with the ability to validate contracts, payloads, error handling and end-to-end behaviour.
• Good SQL and data-testing capability, including reconciliation, source-to-target validation, profiling and data-quality checks.
• Experience creating or maintaining automated regression tests and running them through Git-based CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to investigate failures across APIs, messages, databases and logs, then communicate evidence and next steps clearly.
• Understanding of risk-based testing, shift-left practices, traceability and controlled test environments.
• A collaborative, inclusive approach with confidence working across technical and non-technical teams.
• Curiosity, attention to detail and calm judgement when priorities compete or delivery pressure increases.
• Awareness of secure data handling and the governance expected in regulated or controlled environments.

If your experience does not match every point, we still encourage you to apply. We value transferable capability, fresh perspectives and the confidence to keep learning.

Useful, but not essential:

• Hands-on experience with Copado Robotic Testing or a comparable automation platform.
• Practical MuleSoft, MUnit or Anypoint Platform experience.
• ISTQB Foundation, Salesforce, MuleSoft or Copado certification.
• Experience in financial services, fintech, consumer lending, cards or retail banking technology.
• Experience with service virtualisation, continuous testing, data migration or regulatory change.

Career development: You’ll deepen your capability across Salesforce, MuleSoft, data assurance and Copado automation while gaining exposure to complex, regulated, end-to-end delivery. Through hands-on work, peer review, coaching and structured learning, you can grow your influence over quality standards and reusable engineering practices. Future pathways could include senior Quality Engineering, test automation, specialist platform or people leadership opportunities as your experience develops.

Why Vanquis?

• Benefits & Culture:
• Award-Winning Employer Great Place to Work Certified • Financial Times Best Employers 2025 & 2026 • Armed Forces Friendly Employer, Bronze
• Access to learning resources to support your growth and development
• A balanced approach to office and home working
• Paid time to support causes that matter to you
• A workplace where colleagues are supported, respected and encouraged to be themselves
• Supporting colleagues through important life moments
• Helping you plan and prepare for the future
• An extra day off to celebrate you
• Time away to rest, reset and recharge
• Support to build skills, grow your career and shape what comes next

Ready to shape what’s next? If you're looking for an opportunity to build modern cloud platforms, influence engineering decisions and help shape the future of Technology & Change at Vanquis, we'd love to hear from you.