QA Analyst

Quality Assurance Analyst

Contract Type: Permanent | Full-time

Location: Remote

Working Pattern: Remote, flexible arrangements are considered to support work-life balance. A fear of losing your current working flexibility shouldn't hinder you from applying for new opportunities, which is why we aim to match your existing flexible working arrangements where possible. 

What We Offer:  

• Holidays: 25 days holiday up to 30 days (depending on service)

• Pension: We know it is important to save for the future, that is why we will contribute up to 10%

• Maternity/Paternity: We realise that family time is important, we offer enhanced maternity (after successful completion of probation) and 4 weeks paternity leave

• Volunteering: 2 paid days to ‘give back’ to the charity of your choice

• Development: LinkedIn Learning for all

• Finance: Snoop Premium available to all colleagues

• Medical: Opportunity to opt in for Private Medical Insurance

• Bonus: Discretionary annual bonus

The Role: 

As a Quality Assurance Analyst, you will be reporting to the QA Manager. You will be responsible for executing Snoop’s QA strategy, both manual and automation (using Tricentis Tosca) for the iOS and Android Apps. An integral part of a cross – functional delivery team where you’ll draw on your experience with automation-first strategy, continuous delivery, and test-driven development to deliver high-quality software. Ensuring a seamless and exceptional user experience for all our customers.

As a Quality Assurance Analyst, you will: 

• Collaborate within Quality Assurance team to test new functionality on Snoop and VBG app

• Adopt an automation-first approach, focusing on test automation for both new feature development and regression

• Create new regression tests, both manual and automated

• Perform end-to-end test execution for all features in the apps

• Identify, raise, and manage defects throughout the software development lifecycle

• Leverage industry-leading tools to streamline test strategy creation, execution, and monitoring

• Contribute to the overall QA strategy

• Engage with stakeholders to ensure comprehensive test coverage

• Conduct non-functional testin

What We’re Looking For: 

• Experience using Tricentis Tosca commander for automation

• Professional experience writing automated tests using Selenium with Java

• A working experience of web and mobile application testing and assurance

• Experience defining testing strategies as part of an Agile cross-functional delivery team

• Proficient in writing test cases

• Experience in working with and writing acceptance criteria in a BDD format

• Experience of API testing and knowledge of JSON and XML

• Experience working with Agile AQ tools (Jira, Confluence, TestRail (or equivalent), Charles, Fiddler (or equivalent), DBeaver (or equivalent), Automation testing such as Selenium, BrowserStack

The interview process:  

1.     30-minute call with Talent Acquisition. 

2.     20-minute virtual call with the hiring manager

3.     1hour virtual technical and competency based interview

Offers are subject to satisfactory background checks, including credit, fraud, and employment references. 

Who We Are: 
 

At Vanquis, we have a simple purpose: to deliver caring banking so our customers can make the most of life’s opportunities. Established in 1880, we’re now a FTSE All Share company and leading specialist bank. We lend responsibly, providing tailored products and services to over 1.75 million UK customers. 

We take care of our colleagues as well as our customers, working hard to create a rewarding and supportive work environment. That means competitive salaries, benefits, and a Group-wide recognition scheme. Everyone can enrol in our pension and after six months, you can join our ‘Buy As You Earn’ scheme.  

We’re about more than financial rewards though. We give everyone a voice in the business and room to be their authentic self. And we know you’re here to build your career, so we help every colleague with training and development opportunities. Making sure there’s always something new to learn. 

Vanquis Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

Here at Vanquis Banking Group, we embrace everyone’s unique strengths and identities to be themselves at work. Regardless of how you identify yourself, your sexual orientation, martial or civil partner status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national background, faith, disability, or age – your experiences and background help enrich our teams, and most importantly help support our customers in the best way possible. At the end of the day, it's our people that help us to fulfil the reason why we’re here in the first place: to help put people on a path to a better everyday life.  

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available to help. You can contact us at careers@vanquis.com