Salesforce Automation Test Engineer (Day Rate Contractor)

• Contract Type
• Day Rate Contractor
• Closing Date
• 2 July, 2026
• Job Category
• Tech, Data and Digital
• Business Unit
• Systems and Infrastructure (UKT)
• Location
• London , United Kingdom
• Posted on
• 2 June, 2026

The opportunity 

We are looking for a Salesforce Automation Test Engineer (Day Rate Contractor) in support of our IT modernisation efforts who will be required to drive forwards the multi level testing of key system developments. The role holder will be responsible for testing a catalogue of new features, working collaboratively with UK and Swedish development teams, whilst focusing on the timely delivery of agreed outcomes that meet both business and customer needs. 

The successful candidate will have knowledge and extensive experience in automation testing, to enable a fast feedback loop for the development teams working on business-critical features. Experience of test planning, the ability to develop a test strategy and test approach, particularly tailored to individual releases, will also be essential. As the UK Bank becomes accustomed to more agile ways of working, it is also important that the successful candidate is very familiar with agile concepts and has proven experience of one or more agile methodologies and /or frameworks. Digital solutions will need to be delivered iteratively and in a continuous, prioritised fashion, achieving optimum speed to market and value from the outset. 

As the UK Bank adopts modern ways of working, it is also important that the successful candidate is familiar with Agile concepts and has proven experience of working in one or more Agile methodologies/frameworks. Digital solutions should be delivered iteratively, through a continuous, prioritised approach, enabling accelerated time to market and the early realisation of value.

This is an exciting time for Handelsbanken UK, and this role presents a significant opportunity that will enable the chosen candidate to play a key part in the UK Bank’s digital transformation journey, whilst also making a real difference to the needs and experience of its customers.

Key responsibilities 

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  Collaborate with stakeholders to understand the scope of the projects and help establish a shared understanding of business requirement

• Experience working in multi-disciplinary Agile teams and following a shift-left approach to testing

• Experience working in Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban and contributing to the Agile ceremonies

• Automation testing experience with Selenium (including Webdriver IO), Java, API testing(RestAssured/Ready API), JavaScript based test frameworks (such as UTAM)

• Strong and proven experience in building Test Automation framework from scratch – a self starter

• Experience automating Salesforce (preferably Financial Services Cloud)

• Writing and executing test automation scripts. 

• Maintain and optimise existing test automation frameworks whilst developing effective and reusable ones.

• Test estimation, test planning, test design and test progress reporting

• Experience working with CI/CD tools like Jenkins/ TeamCity/BitBucket and related build deployment processes

• Perform manual testing of test cases as and when needed.

• Experience in all areas of the testing life cycle (systems testing, SIT, regression testing, UAT)

• Defect management

• Proven understanding of setting up test environments in highly complex technical environments

• Test risk management

• Ensuring software meets the requirements and that we are compliant with the bank’s governance framework 

  • The role holder will:
    1. Ensure traceability of tests and capture test evidence on JIRA and Confluence 
    2. Responsible for creating detailed test artefacts such as Test strategies, Traceability matrix and Test completion reports
    3. Facilitate sign-off of features and stories with product owner/BAs
    4. Develop and maintain Automated/Manual Tests
    5. Monitor CI builds/pipelines and troubleshoot/follow up/fix failures
    6. Conduct system integration, regression and acceptance testing and ensure testing is carried out according to the Bank’s standards
    7. Follow and suggest improvements to the QA process
    8. Responsible for providing test estimations, writing test scripts and maintaining regression packs

What we’re looking for

Research (by Harvard University) shows that women are particularly likely to second guess themselves and not apply - so if you are worried you don't meet all the criteria, get in touch anyhow and let us do the worrying…

• Experience working in core banking is highly regarded but not essential
• Experience working in SaaS applications 
• Good time management skills and ability to meet targets and fulfil agreements
• Experience in distributed version control systems (Bitbucket, Git)
• Agile ways of working (essential)
• Proficient in User Story authoring and defining suitable acceptance criteria
• BDD/TDD practices
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to build effective networks with stakeholders, both internally and externally
• Significant experience in QA role creating detailed test artefacts
• Good understanding of Bank’s regulatory and compliance requirements
• Understanding of Non Functional testing so it can be included in the test planning and experience in Performance testing will be a bonus