Title: Tooling Specialist
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Bradford, Chatham, Petersfield, London
Working Pattern: Hybrid (usually a couple of days a week in the office).
We welcome part-time and flexible arrangements and will aim to match your current flexibility where possible.
What We Offer
We care about your wellbeing, not just your work. Our benefits are designed to support your life, your health and your growth:
* Holidays: 25 days (rising to 30) + buy/sell up to 5 days + swap up to 4 bank holidays.
* Pension: Up to 10% employer contribution.
* Enhanced Leave: Enhanced maternity (post-probation), 4 weeks’ paternity, and paid neonatal & carers leave.
* Workations: Work abroad for up to 20 days a year in approved countries.
* Birthday Leave: Your birthday off paid.
* Volunteering: 2 paid volunteering days.
* Learning: Access to Learning for all colleagues.
* Financial Wellbeing: Free Snoop Premium subscription.
* Healthcare: Self-pay Denplan & optional Private Medical Insurance.
The Role
You and your Team
As our Platform Specialist – Development Tooling, you’ll be the goto expert for the tools that power our software development lifecycle. You’ll help shape, support and continually improve the engineering tooling used across Solution Engineering, making sure it aligns with business goals, regulatory needs and our technology roadmap.
In this hybrid role, you’ll blend software engineering, automation, DevOps and workflow optimisation to help our teams deliver secure, efficient and scalable solutions. You’ll play a key part in improving how we build, deliver and support our products.
As a Tooling Specialist, you will:
* Act as the subject matter expert for a wide range of engineering tools used to deliver software solutions.
* Configure, support and optimise development and delivery tooling, including source control, CI/CD, wikis and collaboration tools.
* Drive continuous improvement by promoting automation and adopting new tooling and practices that support our technology transformation.
* Partner with engineering teams to maximise the value and effectiveness of delivery platforms.
* Monitor platform performance, troubleshoot issues and manage risks related to tooling.
* Work closely with business teams and vendors to ensure tooling is wellmaintained, understood and effectively used.
What We’re Looking For
* Strong handson experience with development tooling, integration and developer workflows.
* Practical skills with Bash, PowerShell and JavaScript/TypeScript.
* Experience working with CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI or Azure DevOps.
* Good understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including version control, testing and build optimisation.
* Ability to translate stakeholder needs into effective tooling solutions and collaborate with thirdparty suppliers.
* Beneficial: knowledge of Salesforce development tooling (XML metadata, Scratch org automation, Salesforce CLI, sandbox management).
Offers are subject to standard background checks (credit, fraud and employment references).
Who we are
At Vanquis, our purpose is simple: to deliver caring banking that helps people make the most of life’s opportunities. Founded in 1880, we’re now a FTSE All Share specialist bank supporting over 1.7 million UK customers with responsible, tailored lending.
We’re proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and recognised by the Financial Times as one of the UK’s Best Employers 2025 — ranked top 50 nationwide and seventh in Banking & Financial Services.
We’re also proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, actively supporting veterans, reservists and military families.
Guided by our values — caring for people, pulling together, finding better ways and getting the right things done — we’re building a workplace where colleagues feel connected, valued and empowered. Alongside competitive pay, we offer meaningful benefits, salary reviews, a discretionary bonus scheme and continued recognition.
We’re invested in your development too. With the right support and hands‑on learning, you’ll grow your skills, shape your career and realise your ambitions.
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