Quality Engineer

Quality Engineer [Hybrid - Cheltenham - 3 days on-site]

About Finova 

Finova is the UK's leading lending and savings technology provider, supporting one in every five mortgages nationwide. Our agile, cloud-native solutions enable over 60 banks, building societies, specialist lenders, equity release providers and a network of 2,400+ brokers to stay ahead in a competitive market.

Built on open architecture and backed by deep industry expertise, our platform is designed to scale. Each year, we process over £50 billion in loans, manage nearly £50 billion in savings, and support the digital servicing of more than 650,000 UK borrower accounts.

Be part of a team that’s driving innovation, enabling growth and shaping the future of UK lending.

For Lenders 

Finova offers a flexible, modular technology suite designed to help lenders move faster, scale efficiently and deliver standout digital experiences.

Financial Institutions use Finova to launch products faster, process applications up to 50% more efficiently and reduce operational costs — all while staying fully compliant in a fast-moving market. 

About the Role:

As a Quality Engineer within Finova’s engineering organization, you will play a key role in strengthening squad-level quality practices and helping drive our transition toward higher automated test coverage. Reporting to the Technical Delivery Manager, you will sit as the dedicated quality specialist within an agile software delivery squad alongside Product Managers, Business Systems Analysts, and Software Engineers.

Your core objective is to execute thorough manual exploratory testing across complex mortgage processing logic while actively writing, extending, and maintaining UI and API automation test suites within established frameworks. You will integrate these tests into modern CI/CD pipelines to ensure continuous quality as our cloud microservices evolve.

About you:

• Core Quality Experience: 2–5 years of Quality/Test Engineering experience within an agile software delivery team, ideally in SaaS, fintech, or regulated financial services.

• Automation Framework Contribution: Proven ability to write, maintain, and extend automated UI and API test suites within established automation frameworks (e.g., Cypress, REST Assured, or similar modern tools).

• API & Database Proficiency: Strong technical ability validating REST APIs (via Postman, code, or tools) and inspecting backend data structures using SQL queries, XML, and JSON.

• CI/CD & Source Control: Practical working knowledge of Git, branching strategies, and running automated test suites within continuous integration and deployment pipelines.

• Shift-Left & BDD Mindset: Strong analytical mindset with experience engaging early in sprint refinement to review user stories, help write BDD scenarios, and establish clear acceptance criteria.

What will you be doing?

• Test Automation & Scripting: Write, update, and maintain reliable UI and API automated tests within existing frameworks, helping squad feature work move from manual checks to repeatable automated coverage.

• Exploratory & Logic Interrogation: Perform structured manual exploratory testing to interrogate complex mortgage business logic, edge cases, system inputs/outputs, and end-to-end data integrity.

• CI/CD Integration & Pipeline Health: Identify regression and smoke test candidates for automation, execute suites through CI/CD delivery pipelines, and report on test health and coverage.

• API & Microservice Validation: Conduct functional and integration testing across cloud-hosted microservices and calculation engines using JSON, XML formats, and SQL queries.

• Shift-Left Collaboration: Partner closely with Business Systems Analysts and Engineers during sprint planning to refine technical requirements, build BDD scenarios, and ensure complete acceptance criteria coverage.

• Defect Analysis & Continuous Quality: Investigate defects, support root-cause analysis for major issues, turn bug fixes into automated regression checks, and help mature the squad's overall test practices.

What We Offer:

• Hybrid working 🕰️
  We operate on a hybrid model that is primarily office-based, requiring three days in the office each week, with the flexibility to work remotely for the remainder.

• Private medical insurance 👩‍⚕️
  Comprehensive health cover, with the option to add your family to your plan, because your well-being matters to us.

• Life assurance & income protection 💰
  We provide life assurance and income protection to give you peace of mind for the future

• Family friendly policies 👶
  Our enhanced family-friendly policy goes beyond maternity and paternity leave, offering paid time off for when plans change or alternative paths to parenthood are needed.

• Work from anywhere 🌴
  Some thrive in the office, others at home — and many do best with choice. With approval, Finova employees can work abroad for up to 4 weeks each year.

• Flexible holiday package 🗓️
  Enjoy 25 days paid holiday allowance, plus all public holidays. And, you can rebook any public holidays for a day that aligns with your personal beliefs or celebration calendar. We also offer holiday trading allowing you to purchase or sell your holiday allowance.

• Company pension scheme 🏦
  With salary exchange, you save on tax and can build a secure future.

• Employee assistance programme 💞
  We understand that mental health is just as important as physical health. Access to a 24/7 confidential counselling helpline ensures you have support when you need it.

• Electric car scheme 🚗
  Get a brand-new electric vehicle with salary sacrifice as a benefit, paid for through your gross monthly pay, saving on Income Tax and National Insurance.

• Health cash plan 🏥
  Our Health Cash Plan empowers you to prioritise your wellbeing by providing effortless reimbursement for everyday healthcare costs, from dental and optical visits to physiotherapy.

• Gym discounts 🏋️
  Achieve your fitness goals for less with GymFlex, which offers significant savings on annual memberships at over 3,000 gyms and leisure centers nationwide.

• Perks that matter 🎁
  We fuel your day with a fully stocked pantry of fresh fruit and snacks and keep the team spirit high with weekly socials and events.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you’re passionate about this role but don’t meet all the criteria, please reach out, we’d love to discuss how your skills and experiences align with our needs.