Test Engineer

Women in Data®; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Hybrid Working

Award-Winning Employer

Pension Contribution (up to 10%)

Learning resources and development

Paid time to support causes

Job summary

Vanquis seeks a Test Engineer to turn complex change into clear evidence ensuring journeys are ready for live deployment. You will combine exploratory testing with targeted automation, delivering early risk visibility and repeatable quality across Salesforce, MuleSoft and enterprise data flows.

You will influence Agile planning and provide concise evidence on coverage and defects to support risk-aware releases.

Qualifications

• Hands-on testing across enterprise applications including Salesforce and MuleSoft.
• Strong ability to design risk-based, traceable test coverage.
• Experience validating APIs, data flows and end-to-end scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Shape risk-based testing from refinement onwards with traceable coverage.
• Test customer and colleague journeys across Salesforce, MuleSoft integrations and data flows.
• Build reusable Copado Robotic Testing assets for high-value regression.
• Investigate defects using APIs, messages, databases, logs and platform diagnostics.
• Provide evidence on coverage, defects and residual risk for release decisions.

Skills

Exploratory testing

Automation testing

Agile planning

Risk-based testing

SQL testing

Tools

Copado Robotic Testing

Salesforce

MuleSoft

APIs testing

Azure DevOps

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

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.

There’s More to the Story

This role is part of a much bigger Technology & Change journey. Meet the teams, explore our technology story and discover how your work can help shape what comes next through the Vanquis Technology & Change careers experience.

How you’ll make an impact

• Shape risk-based testing from refinement onwards, turning requirements and designs into clear, traceable coverage.
• So that: Quality risks surface earlier, teams make informed decisions and change moves forward with greater confidence.
• Test customer and colleague journeys across Salesforce, MuleSoft integrations and enterprise data flows.
• So that: Connected services work as intended from end to end, not just within individual systems.
• Build and maintain reusable Copado Robotic Testing assets for high-value regression scenarios.
• So that: Teams reduce repeat manual effort, increase dependable coverage and support faster delivery at scale.
• Investigate defects and automation failures using evidence from APIs, messages, databases, logs and platform diagnostics.
• So that: Issues are isolated quickly, conversations focus on facts and the right fixes can be prioritised.
• Bring testing insight into Agile planning, refinement and Three Amigos conversations.
• So that: Acceptance criteria are clearer, solutions are more testable and avoidable rework is reduced.
• Provide concise evidence on coverage, progress, defects and residual risk.
• So that: Delivery leaders and stakeholders can make transparent, risk-aware release decisions.
• Strengthen quality standards through peer review, reusable patterns and pragmatic improvement ideas.
• So that: Quality Engineering becomes more consistent, sustainable and effective across value streams.
• Support deployment validation and critical releases, including agreed out-of-hours cover where required.
• So that: Customers, colleagues and business services remain protected as change reaches production.

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.
• Sales Cloud, Service Cloud or Financial Services Cloud; Flow, Lightning, security, data models, reports and APIs
• Integration & APIs
• MuleSoft 4, RAML or OpenAPI, DataWeave, REST, SOAP, events and asynchronous messaging
• Copado Robotic Testing, reusable keywords, data-driven tests, resilient locators and automated evidence
• Data assurance
• SQL, source-to-target validation, reconciliation, profiling, migration and data-quality testing
• Engineering tooling
• Git, Azure DevOps or Copado pipelines, CI/CD quality gates, logs and platform monitoring
• 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.
• Experience in financial services, fintech, consumer lending, cards or retail banking technology.
• Experience with service virtualisation, continuous testing, data migration or regulatory change.

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.
• Flexible Hybrid Working
• A balanced approach to office and home working.
• Inclusive Culture
• A workplace where colleagues are supported, respected and encouraged to be themselves.
• Up to 10% Pension Contribution
• Helping you plan and prepare for the future
• Time away to rest, reset and recharge.
• Access to learning resources to support your growth and development.
• Paid time to support causes that matter to you.
• Enhanced Family Leave
• Supporting colleagues through important life moments.
• An extra day off to celebrate you.
• Support to build skills, grow your career and shape what comes next.

Ready to shape what's next? If you're looking for an operational strategy role where you can improve customer journeys, influence senior decisions and see the impact of your work, we'd love to hear from you. Bring your experience to Vanquis and make your next career move one that shapes what comes next.

The Next Chapter Starts With You.